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Ezekiel - ch 16 v 21 - 40
- That you put my children to death and gave them up to go through the fire to them?
- And in all your disgusting and false behaviour you had no memory of your early days, when you were uncovered and without clothing, stretched out in your blood.
- And it came about, after all your evil-doing, says the Lord,
- That you made for yourself an arched room in every open place.
- You put up your high places at the top of every street, and made the grace of your form a disgusting thing, opening your feet to everyone who went by, increasing your loose ways.
- And you went with the Egyptians, your neighbours, great of flesh; increasing your loose ways, moving me to wrath.
- Now, then, my hand is stretched out against you, cutting down your fixed amount, and I have given you up to the desire of your haters, the daughters of the Philistines who are shamed by your loose ways.
- And you went with the Assyrians, because of your desire which was without measure; you were acting like a loose woman with them, and still you had not enough.
- And you went on in your loose ways, even as far as the land of Chaldaea, and still you had not enough.
- How feeble is your heart, says the Lord, seeing that you do all these things, the work of a loose and overruling woman;
- For you have made your arched room at the top of every street, and your high place in every open place; though you were not like a loose woman in getting together your payment.
- The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!
- They give payment to all loose women: but you give rewards to your lovers, offering them payment so that they may come to you on every side for your cheap love.
- And in your loose behaviour you are different from other women, for no one goes after you to make love to you: and because you give payment and no payment is given to you, in this you are different from them.
- For this cause, O loose woman, give ear to the voice of the Lord:
- This is what the Lord has said: Because your unclean behaviour was let loose and your body uncovered in your loose ways with your lovers and with your disgusting images, and for the blood of your children which you gave to them;
- For this cause I will get together all your lovers with whom you have taken your pleasure, and all those to whom you have given your love, with all those who were hated by you; I will even make them come together against you on every side, and I will have you uncovered before them so that they may see your shame.
- And you will be judged by me as women are judged who have been untrue to their husbands and have taken life; and I will let loose against you passion and bitter feeling.
- I will give you into their hands, and your arched room will be overturned and your high places broken down; they will take your clothing off you and take away your fair jewels: and when they have done, you will be uncovered and shamed.
- And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with their swords.
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