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Again the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
2Son[H1121] of man[H120], cause Jerusalem[H3389] to know[H3045] her abominations[H8441],
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And say[H559], Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] unto Jerusalem[H3389]; Thy birth[H4351] and thy nativity[H4138] is of the land[H776] of Canaan[H3669]; thy father[H1] was an Amorite[H567], and thy mother[H517] an Hittite[H2850].
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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 supple[H4935] thee; thou wast not salted[H4414] at all[H4414], nor swaddled[H2853] at all[H2853].
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None eye[H5869]pitied[H2347] thee, to do[H6213]any[H259] of these unto thee, to have compassion[H2550] upon thee; but thou wast cast out[H7993] in the open[H6440]field[H7704], to the lothing[H1604] of thy person[H5315], in the day[H3117] that thou wast born[H3205].
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And when I passed[H5674] by thee, and saw[H7200] thee polluted[H947] in thine own blood[H1818], I said[H559] unto thee when thou wast in thy blood[H1818], Live[H2421]; yea, I said[H559] unto thee when thou wast in thy blood[H1818], Live[H2421].
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I have caused[H5414] thee to multiply[H7233] as the bud[H6780] of the field[H7704], and thou hast increased[H7235] and waxen great[H1431], and thou art come[H935] to excellent[H5716]ornaments[H5716]: thy breasts[H7699] are fashioned[H3559], and thine hair[H8181] is grown[H6779], whereas thou wast naked[H5903] and bare[H6181].
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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]GOD[H3069], and thou becamest mine.
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Then washed[H7364] I thee with water[H4325]; yea, I throughly washed[H7364]away[H7857] thy blood[H1818] from thee, and I anointed[H5480] thee with oil[H8081].
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I clothed[H3847] thee also with broidered work[H7553], and shod[H5274] thee with badgers' skin[H8476], and I girded[H2280] thee about with fine linen[H8336], and I covered[H3680] thee with silk[H4897].
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I decked[H5710] thee also with ornaments[H5716], and I put[H5414]bracelets[H6781] upon thy hands[H3027], and a chain[H7242] on thy neck[H1627].
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And I put[H5414] a jewel[H5141] on thy forehead[H639], and earrings[H5694] in thine ears[H241], and a beautiful[H8597]crown[H5850] upon thine head[H7218].
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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] into a kingdom[H4410].
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And thy renown[H8034] went forth[H3318] among the heathen[H1471] for thy beauty[H3308]: for it was perfect[H3632] through my comeliness[H1926], which I had put[H7760] upon thee, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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But thou didst trust[H982] in thine own beauty[H3308], and playedst the harlot[H2181] because of thy renown[H8034], and pouredst out[H8210] thy fornications[H8457] on every one that passed by[H5674]; his it was.
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And of thy garments[H899] thou didst take[H3947], and deckedst[H6213] thy high places[H1116] with divers colours[H2921], and playedst the harlot[H2181] thereupon: the like things shall not come[H935], neither shall it be so.
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Thou hast also taken[H3947] thy fair[H8597]jewels[H3627] of my gold[H2091] and of my silver[H3701], which I had given[H5414] thee, and madest[H6213] to thyself images[H6754] of men[H2145], and didst commit whoredom[H2181] with them,
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And tookest[H3947] thy broidered[H7553]garments[H899], and coveredst[H3680] them: and thou hast set[H5414] mine oil[H8081] and mine incense[H7004]before[H6440] them.
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My meat[H3899] also which I gave[H5414] thee, fine flour[H5560], and oil[H8081], and honey[H1706], wherewith I fed[H398] thee, thou hast even set[H5414] it before[H6440] them for a sweet[H5207]savour[H7381]: and thus it was, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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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]. Is this of thy whoredoms[H8457] a small matter[H4592],
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That thou hast slain[H7819] my children[H1121], and delivered[H5414] them to cause them to pass through[H5674] the fire for them?
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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 polluted[H947] in thy blood[H1818].
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And it came to pass after[H310] all thy wickedness,(woe[H188], woe[H188] unto thee! saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069];)
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That thou hast also built[H1129] unto thee an eminent place[H1354], and hast made[H6213] thee an high place[H7413] in every street[H7339].
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Thou hast built[H1129] thy high place[H7413] at every head[H7218] of the way[H1870], and hast made thy beauty[H3308] to be abhorred[H8581], and hast opened[H6589] thy feet[H7272] to every one that passed by[H5674], and multiplied[H7235] thy whoredoms[H8457].
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Thou hast also committed fornication[H2181] with the Egyptians[H1121] thy neighbours[H7934], great[H1432] of flesh[H1320]; and hast increased[H7235] thy whoredoms[H8457], to provoke me to anger[H3707].
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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], which are ashamed[H3637] of thy lewd[H2154]way[H1870].
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Thou hast played the whore[H2181] also with the Assyrians[H1121], because[H1115] thou wast unsatiable[H7646]; yea, thou hast played the harlot[H2181] with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied[H7654].
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Thou hast moreover multiplied[H7235] thy fornication[H8457] in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667] unto Chaldea[H3778]; and yet thou wast not satisfied[H7646]herewith[H2063].
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How weak[H535] is thine heart[H3826], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], seeing thou doest[H6213] all these things, the work[H4639] of an imperious[H7986]whorish[H2181]woman[H802];
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In that thou buildest[H1129] thine eminent place[H1354] in the head[H7218] of every way[H1870], and makest[H6213] thine high place[H7413] in every street[H7339]; and hast not been as an harlot[H2181], in that thou scornest[H7046]hire[H868];
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But as a wife[H802] that committeth adultery[H5003], which taketh[H3947]strangers[H2114] instead of her husband[H376]!
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They give[H5414]gifts[H5078] to all whores[H2181]: but thou givest[H5414] thy gifts[H5083] to all thy lovers[H157], and hirest[H7809] them, that they may come[H935] unto thee on every side[H5439] for thy whoredom[H8457].
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And the contrary[H2016] is in thee from other women[H802] in thy whoredoms[H8457], whereas none followeth[H310] thee to commit whoredoms[H2181]: and in that thou givest[H5414] a reward[H868], and no reward[H868] is given[H5414] unto thee, therefore thou art[H1961]contrary[H2016].
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Wherefore, O harlot[H2181], hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]:
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Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Because thy filthiness[H5178] was poured out[H8210], and thy nakedness[H6172]discovered[H1540] through thy whoredoms[H8457] with thy lovers[H157], and with all the idols[H1544] of thy abominations[H8441], and by the blood[H1818] of thy children[H1121], which thou didst give[H5414] unto them;
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Behold, therefore 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 round about[H5439] against thee, and will discover[H1540] thy nakedness[H6172] unto them, that they may see[H7200] all thy nakedness[H6172].
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And I will judge[H8199] thee, as women that break wedlock[H5003] and shed[H8210]blood[H1818] are judged[H4941]; and I will give[H5414] thee blood[H1818] in fury[H2534] and jealousy[H7068].
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And I will also give[H5414] thee into their hand[H3027], and they shall throw down[H2040] thine eminent place[H1354], and shall break down[H5422] thy high places[H7413]: they shall strip[H6584] thee also of thy clothes[H899], and shall take[H3947] thy fair[H8597]jewels[H3627], and leave[H3240] thee naked[H5903] and bare[H6181].
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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].
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And they shall burn[H8313] thine 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 also shalt give[H5414] no hire[H868] any more.
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So will I make my fury[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].
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Because thou hast not remembered[H2142] the days[H3117] of thy youth[H5271], but hast fretted[H7264] me in all these things; behold[H1887], therefore I also will recompense[H5414] thy way[H1870] upon thine head[H7218], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]: and thou shalt not commit[H6213] this lewdness[H2154] above all thine abominations[H8441].
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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].
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Thou art thy mother[H517]'s daughter[H1323], that lotheth[H1602] her husband[H376] and her children[H1121]; and thou art the sister[H269] of thy sisters[H269], which lothed[H1602] their husbands[H582] and their children[H1121]: your mother[H517] was an Hittite[H2850], and your father[H1] an Amorite[H567].
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And thine elder[H1419]sister[H269] is Samaria[H8111], she and her daughters[H1323] that dwell[H3427] at thy left hand[H8040]: and thy younger[H6996]sister[H269], that dwelleth[H3427] at thy right hand[H3225], is Sodom[H5467] and her daughters[H1323].
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Yet hast thou not walked[H1980] after their ways[H1870], nor done[H6213] after their abominations[H8441]: but, as if that were a very[H6985]little[H4592] thing, thou wast corrupted[H7843] more than they[H2004] in all thy ways[H1870].
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As I live[H2416], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[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].
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Behold, this was the iniquity[H5771] of thy sister[H269]Sodom[H5467], pride[H1347], fulness[H7653] of bread[H3899], and abundance[H7962] of idleness[H8252] was in her and in her daughters[H1323], neither did she strengthen[H2388] the hand[H3027] of the poor[H6041] and needy[H34].
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And they were haughty[H1361], and committed[H6213]abomination[H8441]before[H6440] me: therefore I took them away[H5493] as I saw[H7200] good.
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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] in all thine abominations[H8441] which thou hast done[H6213].
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Thou also, which hast judged[H6419] thy sisters[H269], bear[H5375] thine own shame[H3639] for thy sins[H2403] that thou hast committed more abominable[H8581] than they[H2004]: they[H2004] are more righteous[H6663] than thou: yea, be thou confounded[H954] also, and bear[H5375] thy shame[H3639], in that thou hast justified[H6663] thy sisters[H269].
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When I shall bring 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], then will I bring again[H7725] the captivity[H7622] of thy captives[H7622] in the midst[H8432] of them:
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That thou mayest bear[H5375] thine own shame[H3639], and mayest be confounded[H3637] in all that thou hast done[H6213], in that thou art a comfort[H5162] unto them.
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When 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], then thou and thy daughters[H1323] shall return[H7725] to your former estate[H6927].
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For thy sister[H269]Sodom[H5467] was not mentioned[H8052] by thy mouth[H6310] in the day[H3117] of thy pride[H1347],
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Before thy wickedness[H7451] was discovered[H1540], as at the time[H6256] of thy reproach[H2781] of the daughters[H1323] of Syria[H758], and all that are round about[H5439] her, the daughters[H1323] of the Philistines[H6430], which despise[H7590] thee round about[H5439].
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Thou hast borne[H5375] thy lewdness[H2154] and thine abominations[H8441], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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For thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; I will even deal[H6213] with thee as thou hast done[H6213], which hast despised[H959] the oath[H423] in breaking[H6565] the covenant[H1285].
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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].
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Then thou shalt remember[H2142] thy ways[H1870], and be ashamed[H3637], when thou shalt receive[H3947] thy sisters[H269], thine elder[H1419] and thy younger[H6996]: and I will give[H5414] them unto thee for daughters[H1323], but not by thy covenant[H1285].
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And I will establish[H6965] my covenant[H1285] with thee; and thou shalt know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068]:
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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 am pacified[H3722] toward thee for all that thou hast done[H6213], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].