23 “‘Woe!(A) Woe to you, declares the Sovereign Lord. In addition to all your other wickedness, 24 you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine(B) in every public square.(C) 25 At every street corner(D) you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.(E) 26 You engaged in prostitution(F) with the Egyptians,(G) your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger(H) with your increasing promiscuity.(I) 27 So I stretched out my hand(J) against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over(K) to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines,(L) who were shocked by your lewd conduct. 28 You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians(M) too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied.(N) 29 Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia,[a](O) a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.(P)

30 “‘I am filled with fury against you,[b] declares the Sovereign Lord, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute!(Q) 31 When you built your mounds at every street corner and made your lofty shrines(R) in every public square, you were unlike a prostitute, because you scorned payment.

32 “‘You adulterous wife! You prefer strangers to your own husband! 33 All prostitutes receive gifts,(S) but you give gifts(T) to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.(U) 34 So in your prostitution you are the opposite of others; no one runs after you for your favors. You are the very opposite, for you give payment and none is given to you.

35 “‘Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord!

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:29 Or Chaldea
  2. Ezekiel 16:30 Or How feverish is your heart,

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