16:1 Again the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came unto me, saying 559 8800,

16:2 Son 1121 of man 120, cause Jerusalem 3389 to know 3045 8685 her abominations 8441,

16:3 And say 559 8804, Thus saith 559 8804 the Lord 136 GOD 3069 unto Jerusalem 3389; Thy birth 4351 and thy nativity 4138 [is] of the land 776 of Canaan 3669; thy father 1 [was] an Amorite 567, and thy mother 517 an Hittite 2850.(birth: Heb. cutting out, or, habitation)

16:4 And [as for] thy nativity 4138, in the day 3117 thou wast born 3205 8715 thy navel 8270 was not cut 3772 8795, neither wast thou washed 7364 8795 in water 4325 to supple 4935 [thee]; thou wast not salted 4414 8717 at all 4414 8715, nor swaddled 2853 8795 at all 2853 8715.(to supple…: or, when I looked upon thee)

16:5 None eye 5869 pitied 2347 8804 thee, to do 6213 8800 any 259 of these unto thee, to have compassion 2550 8800 upon thee; but thou wast cast out 7993 8714 in the open 6440 field 7704, to the lothing 1604 of thy person 5315, in the day 3117 that thou wast born 3205 8715.

16:6 And when I passed 5674 8799 by thee, and saw 7200 8799 thee polluted 947 8711 in thine own blood 1818, I said 559 8799 unto thee [when thou wast] in thy blood 1818, Live 2421 8798; yea, I said 559 8799 unto thee [when thou wast] in thy blood 1818, Live 2421 8798.(polluted: or, trodden under foot)

16:7 I have caused 5414 8804 thee to multiply 7233 as the bud 6780 of the field 7704, and thou hast increased 7235 8799 and waxen great 1431 8799, and thou art come 935 8799 to excellent 5716 ornaments 5716: [thy] breasts 7699 are fashioned 3559 8738, and thine hair 8181 is grown 6779 8765, whereas thou [wast] naked 5903 and bare 6181.(caused…: Heb. made thee a million)(excellent…: Heb. ornament of ornaments)

16:8 Now when I passed 5674 8799 by thee, and looked 7200 8799 upon thee, behold, thy time 6256 [was] the time 6256 of love 1730; and I spread 6566 8799 my skirt 3671 over thee, and covered 3680 8762 thy nakedness 6172: yea, I sware 7650 8735 unto thee, and entered 935 8799 into a covenant 1285 with thee, saith 5002 8803 the Lord 136 GOD 3069, and thou becamest mine.

16:9 Then washed 7364 8799 I thee with water 4325; yea, I throughly washed away 7857 8799 thy blood 1818 from thee, and I anointed 5480 8799 thee with oil 8081.(blood: Heb. bloods)

16:10 I clothed 3847 8686 thee also with broidered work 7553, and shod 5274 8799 thee with badgers' skin 8476, and I girded 2280 8799 thee about with fine linen 8336, and I covered 3680 8762 thee with silk 4897.

16:11 I decked 5710 8799 thee also with ornaments 5716, and I put 5414 8799 bracelets 6781 upon thy hands 3027, and a chain 7242 on thy neck 1627.

16:12 And I put 5414 8799 a jewel 5141 on thy forehead 639, and earrings 5694 in thine ears 241, and a beautiful 8597 crown 5850 upon thine head 7218.(forehead: Heb. nose)

16:13 Thus wast thou decked 5710 8799 with gold 2091 and silver 3701; and thy raiment 4403 [was of] fine linen 8336 8675 8336, and silk 4897, and broidered work 7553; thou didst eat 398 8804 fine flour 5560, and honey 1706, and oil 8081: and thou wast exceeding 3966 beautiful 3302 8799, and thou didst prosper 6743 8799 into a kingdom 4410.

16:14 And thy renown 8034 went forth 3318 8799 among the heathen 1471 for thy beauty 3308: for it [was] perfect 3632 through my comeliness 1926, which I had put 7760 8804 upon thee, saith 5002 8803 the Lord 136 GOD 3069.

16:15 But thou didst trust 982 8799 in thine own beauty 3308, and playedst the harlot 2181 8799 because of thy renown 8034, and pouredst out 8210 8799 thy fornications 8457 on every one that passed by 5674 8802; his it was.

16:16 And of thy garments 899 thou didst take 3947 8799, and deckedst 6213 8799 thy high places 1116 with divers colours 2921 8803, and playedst the harlot 2181 8799 thereupon: [the like things] shall not come 935 8802, neither shall it be [so].

16:17 Thou hast also taken 3947 8799 thy fair 8597 jewels 3627 of my gold 2091 and of my silver 3701, which I had given 5414 8804 thee, and madest 6213 8799 to thyself images 6754 of men 2145, and didst commit whoredom 2181 8799 with them,(of men: Heb. of a male)

16:18 And tookest 3947 8799 thy broidered 7553 garments 899, and coveredst 3680 8762 them: and thou hast set 5414 8804 mine oil 8081 and mine incense 7004 before 6440 them.

16:19 My meat 3899 also which I gave 5414 8804 thee, fine flour 5560, and oil 8081, and honey 1706, [wherewith] I fed 398 8689 thee, thou hast even set 5414 8804 it before 6440 them for a sweet 5207 savour 7381: and [thus] it was, saith 5002 8803 the Lord 136 GOD 3069.(a sweet…: Heb. a savour of rest)

16:20 Moreover thou hast taken 3947 8799 thy sons 1121 and thy daughters 1323, whom thou hast borne 3205 8804 unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed 2076 8799 unto them to be devoured 398 8800. [Is this] of thy whoredoms 8457 a small matter 4592,(to be…: Heb. to devour)

16:21 That thou hast slain 7819 8799 my children 1121, and delivered 5414 8799 them to cause them to pass through 5674 8687 [the fire] for them?

16:22 And in all thine abominations 8441 and thy whoredoms 8457 thou hast not remembered 2142 8804 the days 3117 of thy youth 5271, when thou wast naked 5903 and bare 6181, [and] wast polluted 947 8711 in thy blood 1818.

16:23 And it came to pass after 310 all thy wickedness 7451, (woe 188, woe 188 unto thee! saith 5002 8803 the Lord 136 GOD 3069;)

16:24 [That] thou hast also built 1129 8799 unto thee an eminent place 1354, and hast made 6213 8799 thee an high place 7413 in every street 7339.(eminent…: or, brothel house)

16:25 Thou hast built 1129 8804 thy high place 7413 at every head 7218 of the way 1870, and hast made thy beauty 3308 to be abhorred 8581 8762, and hast opened 6589 8762 thy feet 7272 to every one that passed by 5674 8802, and multiplied 7235 8686 thy whoredoms 8457.

16:26 Thou hast also committed fornication 2181 8799 with the Egyptians 1121 4714 thy neighbours 7934, great 1432 of flesh 1320; and hast increased 7235 8686 thy whoredoms 8457, to provoke me to anger 3707 8687.

16:27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out 5186 8804 my hand 3027 over thee, and have diminished 1639 8799 thine ordinary 2706 [food], and delivered 5414 8799 thee unto the will 5315 of them that hate 8130 8802 thee, the daughters 1323 of the Philistines 6430, which are ashamed 3637 8737 of thy lewd 2154 way 1870.(daughters: or, cities)

16:28 Thou hast played the whore 2181 8799 also with the Assyrians 1121 804, because 1115 thou wast unsatiable 7646 8804; yea, thou hast played the harlot 2181 8799 with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied 7654.

16:29 Thou hast moreover multiplied 7235 8686 thy fornication 8457 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667 unto Chaldea 3778; and yet thou wast not satisfied 7646 8804 herewith 2063.

16:30 How weak 535 8802 is thine heart 3826, saith 5002 8803 the Lord 136 GOD 3069, seeing thou doest 6213 8800 all these [things], the work 4639 of an imperious 7986 whorish 2181 8803 woman 802;

16:31 In that thou buildest 1129 8800 thine eminent place 1354 in the head 7218 of every way 1870, and makest 6213 8804 thine high place 7413 in every street 7339; and hast not been as an harlot 2181 8802, in that thou scornest 7046 8763 hire 868;(In that thou buildest…: or, In thy daughters is thine, etc)

16:32 [But as] a wife 802 that committeth adultery 5003 8764, [which] taketh 3947 8799 strangers 2114 8801 instead of her husband 376!

16:33 They give 5414 8799 gifts 5078 to all whores 2181 8802: but thou givest 5414 8804 thy gifts 5083 to all thy lovers 157 8764, and hirest 7809 8799 them, that they may come 935 8800 unto thee on every side 5439 for thy whoredom 8457.(hirest: Heb. bribest)

16:34 And the contrary 2016 is in thee from [other] women 802 in thy whoredoms 8457, whereas none followeth 310 thee to commit whoredoms 2181 8795: and in that thou givest 5414 8800 a reward 868, and no reward 868 is given 5414 8738 unto thee, therefore thou art 1961 8799 contrary 2016.

16:35 Wherefore, O harlot 2181 8802, hear 8085 8798 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068:

16:36 Thus saith 559 8804 the Lord 136 GOD 3069; Because thy filthiness 5178 was poured out 8210 8736, and thy nakedness 6172 discovered 1540 8735 through thy whoredoms 8457 with thy lovers 157 8764, and with all the idols 1544 of thy abominations 8441, and by the blood 1818 of thy children 1121, which thou didst give 5414 8804 unto them;

16:37 Behold, therefore I will gather 6908 8764 all thy lovers 157 8764, with whom thou hast taken pleasure 6149 8804, and all [them] that thou hast loved 157 8804, with all [them] that thou hast hated 8130 8804; I will even gather 6908 8765 them round about 5439 against thee, and will discover 1540 8765 thy nakedness 6172 unto them, that they may see 7200 8804 all thy nakedness 6172.

16:38 And I will judge 8199 8804 thee, as women that break wedlock 5003 8802 and shed 8210 8802 blood 1818 are judged 4941; and I will give 5414 8804 thee blood 1818 in fury 2534 and jealousy 7068.(as: Heb. with judgments of)

16:39 And I will also give 5414 8804 thee into their hand 3027, and they shall throw down 2040 8804 thine eminent place 1354, and shall break down 5422 8765 thy high places 7413: they shall strip 6584 8689 thee also of thy clothes 899, and shall take 3947 8804 thy fair 8597 jewels 3627, and leave 3240 8689 thee naked 5903 and bare 6181.(thy fair…: Heb. instruments of thine ornament)

16:40 They shall also bring up 5927 8689 a company 6951 against thee, and they shall stone 7275 8804 thee with stones 68, and thrust thee through 1333 8765 with their swords 2719.

16:41 And they shall burn 8313 8804 thine houses 1004 with fire 784, and execute 6213 8804 judgments 8201 upon thee in the sight 5869 of many 7227 women 802: and I will cause thee to cease 7673 8689 from playing the harlot 2181 8802, and thou also shalt give 5414 8799 no hire 868 any more.

16:42 So will I make my fury 2534 toward thee to rest 5117 8689, and my jealousy 7068 shall depart 5493 8804 from thee, and I will be quiet 8252 8804, and will be no more angry 3707 8799.

16:43 Because thou hast not remembered 2142 8804 the days 3117 of thy youth 5271, but hast fretted 7264 8799 me in all these [things]; behold 1887, therefore I also will recompense 5414 8804 thy way 1870 upon [thine] head 7218, saith 5002 8803 the Lord 136 GOD 3069: and thou shalt not commit 6213 8804 this lewdness 2154 above all thine abominations 8441.

16:44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs 4911 8802 shall use [this] proverb 4911 8799 against thee, saying 559 8800, As [is] the mother 517, [so is] her daughter 1323.

16:45 Thou [art] thy mother's 517 daughter 1323, that lotheth 1602 8802 her husband 376 and her children 1121; and thou [art] the sister 269 of thy sisters 269, which lothed 1602 8804 their husbands 582 and their children 1121: your mother 517 [was] an Hittite 2850, and your father 1 an Amorite 567.

16:46 And thine elder 1419 sister 269 [is] Samaria 8111, she and her daughters 1323 that dwell 3427 8802 at thy left hand 8040: and thy younger 6996 sister 269, that dwelleth 3427 8802 at thy right hand 3225, [is] Sodom 5467 and her daughters 1323.(thy younger: Heb. lesser than thou)

16:47 Yet hast thou not walked 1980 8804 after their ways 1870, nor done 6213 8804 after their abominations 8441: but, as [if that were] a very 6985 little 4592 6962 8804 [thing], thou wast corrupted 7843 8686 more than they 2004 in all thy ways 1870.(as if…: or, that was lothed as a small thing)

16:48 [As] I live 2416, saith 5002 8803 the Lord 136 GOD 3069, Sodom 5467 thy sister 269 hath not done 6213 8804, she nor her daughters 1323, as thou hast done 6213 8804, thou and thy daughters 1323.

16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity 5771 of thy sister 269 Sodom 5467, pride 1347, fulness 7653 of bread 3899, and abundance 7962 of idleness 8252 8687 was in her and in her daughters 1323, neither did she strengthen 2388 8689 the hand 3027 of the poor 6041 and needy 34.

16:50 And they were haughty 1361 8799, and committed 6213 8799 abomination 8441 before 6440 me: therefore I took them away 5493 8686 as I saw 7200 8804 [good].

16:51 Neither hath Samaria 8111 committed 2398 8804 half 2677 of thy sins 2403; but thou hast multiplied 7235 8686 thine abominations 8441 more than they 2007, and hast justified 6663 8762 thy sisters 269 in all thine abominations 8441 which thou hast done 6213 8804.

16:52 Thou also, which hast judged 6419 8765 thy sisters 269, bear 5375 8798 thine own shame 3639 for thy sins 2403 that thou hast committed more abominable 8581 8689 than they 2004: they are more righteous 6663 8799 than thou: yea, be thou confounded 954 8798 also, and bear 5375 8798 thy shame 3639, in that thou hast justified 6663 8763 thy sisters 269.

16:53 When I shall bring again 7725 8804 their captivity 7622 8675 7622, the captivity 7622 8675 7622 of Sodom 5467 and her daughters 1323, and the captivity 7622 8676 7622 of Samaria 8111 and her daughters 1323, then [will I bring again] the captivity 7622 8675 7622 of thy captives 7622 in the midst 8432 of them:

16:54 That thou mayest bear 5375 8799 thine own shame 3639, and mayest be confounded 3637 8738 in all that thou hast done 6213 8804, in that thou art a comfort 5162 8763 unto them.

16:55 When thy sisters 269, Sodom 5467 and her daughters 1323, shall return 7725 8799 to their former estate 6927, and Samaria 8111 and her daughters 1323 shall return 7725 8799 to their former estate 6927, then thou and thy daughters 1323 shall return 7725 8799 to your former estate 6927.

16:56 For thy sister 269 Sodom 5467 was not mentioned 8052 by thy mouth 6310 in the day 3117 of thy pride 1347,(mentioned: Heb. for a report, or, hearing)(pride: Heb. prides, or, excellencies)

16:57 Before thy wickedness 7451 was discovered 1540 8735, as at the time 6256 of [thy] reproach 2781 of the daughters 1323 of Syria 758, and all [that are] round about 5439 her, the daughters 1323 of the Philistines 6430, which despise 7590 8801 thee round about 5439.(Syria: Heb. Aram)(despise: or, spoil)

16:58 Thou hast borne 5375 8804 thy lewdness 2154 and thine abominations 8441, saith 5002 8803 the LORD 3068.(borne: Heb. borne them)

16:59 For thus saith 559 8804 the Lord 136 GOD 3069; I will even deal 6213 8804 with thee as thou hast done 6213 8804, which hast despised 959 8804 the oath 423 in breaking 6565 8687 the covenant 1285.

16:60 Nevertheless I will remember 2142 8804 my covenant 1285 with thee in the days 3117 of thy youth 5271, and I will establish 6965 8689 unto thee an everlasting 5769 covenant 1285.

16:61 Then thou shalt remember 2142 8804 thy ways 1870, and be ashamed 3637 8738, when thou shalt receive 3947 8800 thy sisters 269, thine elder 1419 and thy younger 6996: and I will give 5414 8804 them unto thee for daughters 1323, but not by thy covenant 1285.

16:62 And I will establish 6965 8689 my covenant 1285 with thee; and thou shalt know 3045 8804 that I [am] the LORD 3068:

16:63 That thou mayest remember 2142 8799, and be confounded 954 8804, and never open 6610 thy mouth 6310 any more because 6440 of thy shame 3639, when I am pacified 3722 8763 toward thee for all that thou hast done 6213 8804, saith 5002 8803 the Lord 136 GOD 3069.

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