Again the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto me, saying,{H559}

Son{H1121} of man,{H120} cause Jerusalem{H3389} to know{H3045} her abominations;{H8441}

and say,{H559} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H136} unto Jerusalem:{H3389} Thy birth{H4351} and thy nativity{H4138} is of the land{H776} of the Canaanite;{H3669} the Amorite{H567} was thy father,{H1} and thy mother{H517} was a Hittite.{H2850}

And as for thy nativity,{H4138} in the day{H3117} thou wast born{H3205} thy navel{H8270} was not cut,{H3772} neither wast thou washed{H7364} in water{H4325} to cleanse{H4935} thee; thou wast not salted{H4414} at all,{H4414} nor swaddled{H2853} at all.{H2853}

No eye{H5869} pitied{H2347} thee, to do{H6213} any{H259} of these things unto thee, to have compassion{H2550} upon thee; but thou wast cast out{H7993} in the open{H6440} field,{H7704} for that thy person{H5315} was abhorred,{H1604} in the day{H3117} that thou wast born.{H3205}

And when I passed{H5674} by thee, and saw{H7200} thee weltering{H947} in thy blood,{H1818} I said{H559} unto thee, [Though thou art] in thy blood,{H1818} live;{H2421} yea, I said{H559} unto thee, [Though thou art] in thy blood,{H1818} live.{H2421}

I caused{H5414} thee to multiply{H7233} as that which groweth{H6780} in the field,{H7704} and thou didst increase{H7235} and wax great,{H1431} and thou attainedst{H935} to excellent{H5716} ornament;{H5716} thy breasts{H7699} were fashioned,{H3559} and thy hair{H8181} was grown;{H6779} yet thou wast naked{H5903} and bare.{H6181}

Now when I passed{H5674} by thee, and looked{H7200} upon thee, behold, thy time{H6256} was the time{H6256} of love;{H1730} and I spread{H6566} my skirt{H3671} over thee, and covered{H3680} thy nakedness:{H6172} yea, I sware{H7650} unto thee, and entered{H935} into a covenant{H1285} with thee, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} and thou becamest mine.

Then washed{H7364} I thee with water;{H4325} yea, I thoroughly washed away{H7857} thy blood{H1818} from thee, and I anointed{H5480} thee with oil.{H8081}

I clothed{H3847} thee also with broidered work,{H7553} and shod{H5274} thee with sealskin,{H8476} and I girded{H2280} thee about with fine linen,{H8336} and covered{H3680} thee with silk.{H4897}

And I decked{H5710} thee with ornaments,{H5716} and I put{H5414} bracelets{H6781} upon thy hands,{H3027} and a chain{H7242} on thy neck.{H1627}

And I put{H5414} a ring{H5141} upon thy nose,{H639} and ear-rings{H5694} in thine ears,{H241} and a beautiful{H8597} crown{H5850} upon thy head.{H7218}

Thus wast thou decked{H5710} with gold{H2091} and silver;{H3701} and thy raiment{H4403} was of fine linen,{H8336} and silk,{H4897} and broidered work;{H7553} thou didst eat{H398} fine flour,{H5560} and honey,{H1706} and oil;{H8081} and thou wast exceeding{H3966} beautiful,{H3302} and thou didst prosper{H6743} unto royal estate.{H4410}

And thy renown{H8034} went forth{H3318} among the nations{H1471} for thy beauty;{H3308} for it was perfect,{H3632} through my majesty{H1926} which I had put{H7760} upon thee, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}

But thou didst trust{H982} in thy beauty,{H3308} and playedst the harlot{H2181} because of thy renown,{H8034} and pouredst out{H8210} thy whoredoms{H8457} on every one that passed by;{H5674} his it was.

And thou didst take{H3947} of thy garments,{H899} and madest for thee high places{H1116} decked{H6213} with divers colors,{H2921} and playedst the harlot{H2181} upon them: [the like things] shall not come,{H935} neither shall it be [so].

Thou didst also take{H3947} thy fair{H8597} jewels{H3627} of my gold{H2091} and of my silver,{H3701} which I had given{H5414} thee, and madest{H6213} for thee images{H6754} of men,{H2145} and didst play the harlot{H2181} with them;

and thou tookest{H3947} thy broidered{H7553} garments,{H899} and coveredst{H3680} them, and didst set{H5414} mine oil{H8081} and mine incense{H7004} before{H6440} them.

My bread{H3899} also which I gave{H5414} thee, fine flour,{H5560} and oil,{H8081} and honey,{H1706} wherewith I fed{H398} thee, thou didst even set{H5414} it before{H6440} them for a sweet{H5207} savor;{H7381} and [thus] it was, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}

Moreover thou hast taken{H3947} thy sons{H1121} and thy daughters,{H1323} whom thou hast borne{H3205} unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed{H2076} unto them to be devoured.{H398} Were thy whoredoms{H8457} a small matter,{H4592}

that thou hast slain{H7819} my children,{H1121} and delivered{H5414} them up, in causing them to pass through{H5674} [the fire] unto them?

And in all thine abominations{H8441} and thy whoredoms{H8457} thou hast not remembered{H2142} the days{H3117} of thy youth,{H5271} when thou wast naked{H5903} and bare,{H6181} and wast weltering{H947} in thy blood.{H1818}

And it is come to pass after{H310} all thy wickedness,{H7451} (woe,{H188} woe{H188} unto thee! saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,){H3069}

that thou hast built{H1129} unto thee a vaulted place,{H1354} and hast made{H6213} thee a lofty place{H7413} in every street.{H7339}

Thou hast built{H1129} thy lofty place{H7413} at the head{H7218} of every way,{H1870} and hast made thy beauty{H3308} an abomination,{H8581} and hast opened{H6589} thy feet{H7272} to every one that passed by,{H5674} and multiplied{H7235} thy whoredom.{H8457}

Thou hast also committed fornication{H2181} with the Egyptians,{H1121} thy neighbors,{H7934} great{H1432} of flesh;{H1320} and hast multiplied{H7235} thy whoredom,{H8457} to provoke me to anger.{H3707}

Behold therefore, I have stretched out{H5186} my hand{H3027} over thee, and have diminished{H1639} thine ordinary{H2706} [food], and delivered{H5414} thee unto the will{H5315} of them that hate{H8130} thee, the daughters{H1323} of the Philistines,{H6430} that are ashamed{H3637} of thy lewd{H2154} way.{H1870}

Thou hast played the harlot{H2181} also with the Assyrians,{H1121} because{H1115} thou wast insatiable;{H7646} yea, thou hast played the harlot{H2181} with them, and yet thou wast not satisfied.{H7654}

Thou hast moreover multiplied{H7235} thy whoredom{H8457} unto the land{H776} of traffic,{H3667} unto Chaldea;{H3778} and yet thou wast not satisfied{H7646} herewith.{H2063}

How weak{H535} is thy heart,{H3826} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H136} seeing thou doest{H6213} all these things, the work{H4639} of an impudent{H7986} {H802} harlot;{H2181}

in that thou buildest{H1129} thy vaulted place{H1354} at the head{H7218} of every way,{H1870} and makest{H6213} thy lofty place{H7413} in every street,{H7339} and hast not been as a harlot,{H2181} in that thou scornest{H7046} hire.{H868}

A wife{H802} that committeth adultery!{H5003} that taketh{H3947} strangers{H2114} instead of her husband!{H376}

They give{H5414} gifts{H5078} to all harlots;{H2181} but thou givest{H5414} thy gifts{H5083} to all thy lovers,{H157} and bribest{H7809} them, that they may come{H935} unto thee on every side{H5439} for thy whoredoms.{H8457}

And thou art different{H2016} from [other] women{H802} in thy whoredoms,{H8457} in that none followeth{H310} thee to play the harlot;{H2181} and whereas thou givest{H5414} hire,{H868} and no hire{H868} is given{H5414} unto thee, therefore thou art{H1961} different.{H2016}

Wherefore, O harlot,{H2181} hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of Jehovah:{H3068}

Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} Because thy filthiness{H5178} was poured out,{H8210} and thy nakedness{H6172} uncovered{H1540} through thy whoredoms{H8457} with thy lovers;{H157} and because of all the idols{H1544} of thy abominations,{H8441} and for the blood{H1818} of thy children,{H1121} that thou didst give{H5414} unto them;

therefore behold, I will gather{H6908} all thy lovers,{H157} with whom thou hast taken pleasure,{H6149} and all them that thou hast loved,{H157} with all them that thou hast hated;{H8130} I will even gather{H6908} them against thee on every side,{H5439} and will uncover{H1540} thy nakedness{H6172} unto them, that they may see{H7200} all thy nakedness.{H6172}

And I will judge{H8199} thee, as women that break wedlock{H5003} and shed{H8210} blood{H1818} are judged;{H4941} and I will bring{H5414} upon thee the blood{H1818} of wrath{H2534} and jealousy.{H7068}

I will also give{H5414} thee into their hand,{H3027} and they shall throw down{H2040} thy vaulted place,{H1354} and break down{H5422} thy lofty places;{H7413} and they shall strip{H6584} thee of thy clothes,{H899} and take{H3947} thy fair{H8597} jewels;{H3627} and they shall leave{H3240} thee naked{H5903} and bare.{H6181}

They shall also bring up{H5927} a company{H6951} against thee, and they shall stone{H7275} thee with stones,{H68} and thrust thee through{H1333} with their swords.{H2719}

And they shall burn{H8313} thy houses{H1004} with fire,{H784} and execute{H6213} judgments{H8201} upon thee in the sight{H5869} of many{H7227} women;{H802} and I will cause thee to cease{H7673} from playing the harlot,{H2181} and thou shalt also give{H5414} no hire{H868} any more.

So will I cause my wrath{H2534} toward thee to rest,{H5117} and my jealousy{H7068} shall depart{H5493} from thee, and I will be quiet,{H8252} and will be no more angry.{H3707}

Because thou hast not remembered{H2142} the days{H3117} of thy youth,{H5271} but hast raged{H7264} against me in all these things; therefore, behold,{H1887} I also will bring{H5414} thy way{H1870} upon thy head,{H7218} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} and thou shalt not commit{H6213} this lewdness{H2154} with all thine abominations.{H8441}

Behold, every one that useth proverbs{H4911} shall use [this] proverb{H4911} against thee, saying,{H559} As is the mother,{H517} so is her daughter.{H1323}

Thou art the daughter{H1323} of thy mother,{H517} that loatheth{H1602} her husband{H376} and her children;{H1121} and thou art the sister{H269} of thy sisters,{H269} who loathed{H1602} their husbands{H582} and their children:{H1121} your mother{H517} was a Hittite,{H2850} and your father{H1} an Amorite.{H567}

And thine elder{H1419} sister{H269} is Samaria,{H8111} that dwelleth{H3427} at thy left hand,{H8040} she and her daughters;{H1323} and thy younger{H6996} sister,{H269} that dwelleth{H3427} at thy right hand,{H3225} is Sodom{H5467} and her daughters.{H1323}

Yet hast thou not walked{H1980} in their ways,{H1870} nor done{H6213} after their abominations;{H8441} but, as [if that were] a very{H6985} little{H4592} [thing], thou wast more corrupt{H7843} than they{H2004} in all thy ways.{H1870}

As I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} Sodom{H5467} thy sister{H269} hath not done,{H6213} she nor her daughters,{H1323} as thou hast done,{H6213} thou and thy daughters.{H1323}

Behold, this was the iniquity{H5771} of thy sister{H269} Sodom:{H5467} pride,{H1347} fulness{H7653} of bread,{H3899} and prosperous{H7962} ease{H8252} was in her and in her daughters;{H1323} neither did she strengthen{H2388} the hand{H3027} of the poor{H6041} and needy.{H34}

And they were haughty,{H1361} and committed{H6213} abomination{H8441} before{H6440} me: therefore I took them away{H5493} as I saw{H7200} [good].

Neither hath Samaria{H8111} committed{H2398} half{H2677} of thy sins;{H2403} but thou hast multiplied{H7235} thine abominations{H8441} more than they,{H2007} and hast justified{H6663} thy sisters{H269} by all thine abominations{H8441} which thou hast done.{H6213}

Thou also, bear{H5375} thou thine own shame,{H3639} in that thou hast given judgment{H6419} for thy sisters;{H269} through thy sins{H2403} that thou hast committed more abominable{H8581} than they,{H2004} they are more righteous{H6663} that thou: yea, be thou also confounded,{H954} and bear{H5375} thy shame,{H3639} in that thou hast justified{H6663} thy sisters.{H269}

And I will turn again{H7725} their captivity,{H7622} the captivity{H7622} of Sodom{H5467} and her daughters,{H1323} and the captivity{H7622} of Samaria{H8111} and her daughters,{H1323} and the captivity{H7622} of thy captives{H7622} in the midst{H8432} of them;

that thou mayest bear{H5375} thine own shame,{H3639} and mayest be ashamed{H3637} because of all that thou hast done,{H6213} in that thou art a comfort{H5162} unto them.

And thy sisters,{H269} Sodom{H5467} and her daughters,{H1323} shall return{H7725} to their former estate;{H6927} and Samaria{H8111} and her daughters{H1323} shall return{H7725} to their former estate;{H6927} and thou and thy daughters{H1323} shall return{H7725} to your former estate.{H6927}

For thy sister{H269} Sodom{H5467} was not mentioned{H8052} by thy mouth{H6310} in the day{H3117} of thy pride,{H1347}

before thy wickedness{H7451} was uncovered,{H1540} as at the time{H6256} of the reproach{H2781} of the daughters{H1323} of Syria,{H758} and of all that are round about{H5439} her, the daughters{H1323} of the Philistines,{H6430} that do despite{H7590} unto thee round about.{H5439}

Thou hast borne{H5375} thy lewdness{H2154} and thine abominations,{H8441} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} I will also deal{H6213} with thee as thou hast done,{H6213} who hast despised{H959} the oath{H423} in breaking{H6565} the covenant.{H1285}

Nevertheless I will remember{H2142} my covenant{H1285} with thee in the days{H3117} of thy youth,{H5271} and I will establish{H6965} unto thee an everlasting{H5769} covenant.{H1285}

Then shalt thou remember{H2142} thy ways,{H1870} and be ashamed,{H3637} when thou shalt receive{H3947} thy sisters,{H269} thine elder{H1419} [sisters] and thy younger;{H6996} and I will give{H5414} them unto thee for daughters,{H1323} but not by thy covenant.{H1285}

And I will establish{H6965} my covenant{H1285} with thee; and thou shalt know{H3045} that I am Jehovah;{H3068}

that thou mayest remember,{H2142} and be confounded,{H954} and never open{H6610} thy mouth{H6310} any more, because{H6440} of thy shame,{H3639} when I have forgiven{H3722} thee all that thou hast done,{H6213} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}