< Ezekiel 16 >

1 Another message from the Lord came to me, saying,
and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
2 “Son of man, challenge Jerusalem over her disgusting practices.
son: child man to know [obj] Jerusalem [obj] abomination her
3 Tell Jerusalem that this is what the Lord God says to her: You really are a Canaanite, both by your birth and parentage. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.
and to say thus to say Lord YHWH/God to/for Jerusalem origin your and relatives your from land: country/planet [the] Canaanite father your [the] Amorite and mother your Hittite
4 On the day you were born your cord was not cut, and you weren't washed to clean you up, you weren't rubbed with salt, and you weren't wrapped in cloths.
and relatives your in/on/with day to beget [obj] you not to cut: cut umbilical cord your and in/on/with water not to wash: wash to/for cleansing and to salt not to salt and to entwine not to entwine
5 No one looked on you with love to do anything like this for you; no one showed any kind of care for you. No, you were thrown away in a field, abandoned and despised from the day you were born.
not to pity upon you eye to/for to make: do to/for you one from these to/for to spare upon you and to throw to(wards) face: surface [the] land: country in/on/with loathing soul: myself your in/on/with day to beget [obj] you
6 But I passed by and saw you kicking, covered in your own blood. As you were lying there in your blood I told you, ‘I want you to live!’ I said to you right there, ‘I want you to live!’
and to pass upon you and to see: see you to trample in/on/with blood your and to say to/for you in/on/with blood your to live and to say to/for you in/on/with blood your to live
7 I help you to grow like a plant in the field. You grew up into a beautiful young woman. Your breasts developed and your body hair grew, and you were completely naked.
myriad like/as branch [the] land: country to give: make you and to multiply and to magnify and to come (in): come in/on/with ornament ornament breast to establish: prepare and hair your to spring and you(f. s.) naked and nakedness
8 When I passed by again, I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for lovemaking. So I spread my robe over you and covered up your naked body. I committed myself to you and made a solemn agreement with you, and made you mine, declares the Lord God.
and to pass upon you and to see: see you and behold time your time beloved: love and to spread wing my upon you and to cover nakedness your and to swear to/for you and to come (in): come in/on/with covenant with you utterance Lord YHWH/God and to be to/for me
9 Then I washed you with water, cleaned off your blood, and anointed you with oil.
and to wash: wash you in/on/with water and to overflow blood your from upon you and to anoint you in/on/with oil
10 I put a beautifully embroidered dress on you and gave you fine leather sandals. I clothed you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
and to clothe you embroidery and to shoe you leather and to saddle/tie you in/on/with linen and to cover you silk
11 I gave you jewelry—I put bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck.
and to adorn you ornament and to give: put [emph?] bracelet upon hand your and necklace upon throat your
12 I put a ring in your nose and earrings on your ears, and placed a beautiful crown on your head.
and to give: put ring upon face: nose your and ring upon ear your and crown beauty in/on/with head your
13 You wore gold and silver jewelry, and your clothes were made of the finest linen, expensive fabric, and embroidered cloth. You ate bread made with the best flour, and honey and olive oil. You grew even more beautiful and became a queen.
and to adorn gold and silver: money and garment your (linen *Q(K)*) and silk and embroidery fine flour and honey and oil (to eat *Q(k)*) and be beautiful in/on/with much much and to prosper to/for kingship
14 You were famous around the world because of your beauty, for I used my majestic power to make you so wonderful, declares the Lord God.
and to come out: come to/for you name in/on/with nation in/on/with beauty your for entire he/she/it in/on/with glory my which to set: make upon you utterance Lord YHWH/God
15 You were so proud of your beauty that you were unfaithful to me. You thought that because you were so famous you could prostitute yourself and sleep with anyone who passed by. They took your beautiful body for themselves.
and to trust in/on/with beauty your and to fornicate upon name your and to pour: scatter [obj] fornication your upon all to pass to/for him to be
16 You made yourself colorful pagan shrines out of the clothes I'd given you, and there you acted as a prostitute. Things like this have never happened before, and they should never happen in the future!
and to take: take from garment your and to make to/for you high place to spot and to fornicate upon them not to come (in): come and not to be
17 You also used the beautiful gold and silver jewelry I gave you to make male idols and you prostituted yourself with them.
and to take: take article/utensil beauty your from gold my and from silver: money my which to give: give to/for you and to make to/for you image male and to fornicate in/on/with them
18 You used your embroidered clothes to dress them, and you placed before them my olive oil and incense.
and to take: take [obj] garment embroidery your and to cover them and oil my and incense my (to give: turn *Q(k)*) to/for face: before their
19 You presented the food I had given you as an offering for them to accept —bread made from the best flour, olive oil, and honey that I had provided for you to eat. That's exactly what you did, declares the Lord God.
and food: bread my which to give: give to/for you fine flour and oil and honey to eat you and to give: put him to/for face: before their to/for aroma soothing and to be utterance Lord YHWH/God
20 You sacrificed your sons and daughters—the children you had for me—offering them as food for idols to eat. Wasn't your prostitution evil enough?
and to take: take [obj] son: child your and [obj] daughter your which to beget to/for me and to sacrifice them to/for them to/for to eat little (from fornication your *Q(K)*)
21 You slaughtered my children, sacrificing them to idols.
and to slaughter [obj] son: child my and to give: give them in/on/with to pass [obj] them to/for them
22 While you were busy with all your disgusting practices and your prostitution, you forgot about the time when you were young, completely naked and lying there kicking in your own blood.
and [obj] all abomination your and fornication your not (to remember *Q(k)*) [obj] day youth your in/on/with to be you naked and nakedness to trample in/on/with blood your to be
23 Disaster is coming! Disaster is coming on you, declares the Lord God. As well as all the other evil things you did,
and to be after all distress: evil your woe! woe! to/for you utterance Lord YHWH/God
24 you built yourself a pagan shrine, a high place of idol worship on every public square in the city.
and to build to/for you back/rim/brow and to make to/for you high place in/on/with all street/plaza
25 You made yourselves high places of idol worship at the top of every street; you degraded yourself, offering your beautiful body to anyone who passed by, opening your legs for them, becoming more and more promiscuous.
to(wards) all head: top way: road to build high place your and to abhor [obj] beauty your and to open [obj] foot your to/for all to pass and to multiply [obj] (fornication your *Q(K)*)
26 You gave yourself as a prostitute to your Egyptian neighbors with their large sexual organs, making me angry as you became even more promiscuous.
and to fornicate to(wards) son: descendant/people Egypt neighboring your growing flesh and to multiply [obj] fornication your to/for to provoke me
27 So I acted to reduce my blessings to you. I let your enemies the Philistines do what they wanted to you. Even they were embarrassed at your immorality.
and behold to stretch hand: power my upon you and to dimish statute: portion your and to give: give you in/on/with soul: appetite to hate you daughter Philistine [the] be humiliated from way: conduct your wickedness
28 Because you weren't satisfied you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians. But even then you weren't satisfied.
and to fornicate to(wards) son: descendant/people Assyria from lest satiety your and to fornicate them and also not to satisfy
29 So you took your promiscuous behavior to Babylonia, the country of merchants, but even then you weren't satisfied!
and to multiply [obj] fornication your to(wards) land: country/planet merchant Chaldea [to] and also in/on/with this not to satisfy
30 You're really sick-minded to do all this, acting like a prostitute with no shame, declares the Lord God.
what? to weaken heart your utterance Lord YHWH/God in/on/with to make: do you [obj] all these deed woman to fornicate imperious
31 Actually you weren't even a normal prostitute when you built yourselves pagan shrines at the top of every street and high places of idol worship on every public square—because you refused to be paid for your services!
in/on/with to build you back/rim/brow your in/on/with head all way: road and high place your (to make *Q(k)*) in/on/with all street/plaza and not (to be *Q(k)*) like/as to fornicate to/for to mock wages
32 You're a wife that loves adultery! You sleep with strangers instead of your husband!
[the] woman: wife [the] to commit adultery underneath: instead man: husband her to take: recieve [obj] be a stranger
33 Normally all prostitutes are paid, but you were the one giving gifts to all your lovers. You even bribed them to come from all around and have sex with you.
to/for all to fornicate to give: give gift and you(f. s.) to give: give [obj] gift your to/for all to love: lover you and to bribe [obj] them to/for to come (in): come to(wards) you from around: side in/on/with fornication your
34 So you're the opposite of other prostitutes. No one comes to you asking for sex, and you pay the prostitute's fee instead of receiving it. You're the exact opposite!
and to be in/on/with you contrariness from [the] woman in/on/with fornication your and after you not to fornicate and in/on/with to give: give you wages and wages not to give: give to/for you and to be to/for contrariness
35 So, you prostitute, listen to the message from the Lord!
to/for so to fornicate to hear: hear word LORD
36 This is what the Lord God says: Because you were so crazy with desire you stripped yourself naked and committed adultery with your lovers and with all your disgusting idols, and because you killed your children as sacrifices to those idols,
thus to say Lord YHWH/God because to pour: pour lust your and to reveal: uncover nakedness your in/on/with fornication your upon to love: lover you and upon all idol abomination your and like/as blood son: child your which to give: give to/for them
37 I'm going to bring together all the lovers you went to bed with, whether you loved them or hated them, and I will have them gather from everywhere around and I will strip you as they watch so they will see you totally naked.
to/for so look! I to gather [obj] all to love: lover you which to please upon them and [obj] all which to love: lover upon all which to hate and to gather [obj] them upon you from around: side and to reveal: uncover nakedness your to(wards) them and to see: see [obj] all nakedness your
38 I will impose on you the punishment for women who commit adultery and those who murder; you will be punished in passionate anger.
and to judge you justice: judgement to commit adultery and to pour: kill blood and to give: give you blood rage and jealousy
39 Then I will hand you over to your lovers, and they will demolish your pagan shrines and destroy your high places of idol worship. They will strip you of your clothes, remove your beautiful jewelry, and leave you stark naked.
and to give: give [obj] you in/on/with hand: power their and to overthrow back/rim/brow your and to tear high place your and to strip [obj] you garment your and to take: take article/utensil beauty your and to rest you naked and nakedness
40 They will come with a mob to attack you. They will stone you and chop you into pieces with their swords.
and to ascend: attack upon you assembly and to stone [obj] you in/on/with stone and to cut up you in/on/with sword their
41 They will burn down your houses and punish you while many women watch. I will stop your prostitution, and you won't ever pay your lovers again.
and to burn house: home your in/on/with fire and to make: do in/on/with you judgment to/for eye: seeing woman many and to cease you from to fornicate and also wages not to give: give still
42 Then I will finish being jealous and furious with you. I will calm down and won't be angry any more.
and to rest rage my in/on/with you and to turn aside: depart jealousy my from you and to quiet and not to provoke still
43 Since you didn't remember how I looked after you when you were young, but made me angry with all the things that you did, I will make sure you experience the results of what you've done, declares the Lord God. For this immorality was in addition to all the other disgusting things you did, wasn't it?
because which not (to remember *Q(k)*) [obj] day youth your and to tremble to/for me in/on/with all these and also I behold way: conduct your in/on/with head to give: pay utterance Lord YHWH/God and not (to make *Q(k)*) [obj] [the] wickedness upon all abomination your
44 Everyone who likes to use proverbs will quote this one about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
behold all [the] to use a proverb upon you to use a proverb to/for to say like/as mother her daughter her
45 You are the daughter of your mother who detested her husband and children. You are just like her! You are the sister of your sisters, just like them who detested their husbands and children. In fact your mother was a Hittite and your father was an Amorite.
daughter mother your you(f. s.) to abhor man: husband her and son: child her and sister sister your you(f. s.) which to abhor human their and son: child their mother your Hittite and father your Amorite
46 Your older sister was Samaria, who lived north of you with her daughters. Your younger sister was Sodom, who lived south of you with her daughters.
and sister your [the] great: old Samaria he/she/it and daughter her [the] to dwell upon left: north your and sister your [the] small from you [the] to dwell from right: south your Sodom and daughter her
47 You didn't just follow their ways and do the same disgusting things they did, you very quickly became even worse than them.
and not in/on/with way: conduct their to go: walk and in/on/with abomination their (to make: do *Q(k)*) like/as little only and to ruin from them in/on/with all way: conduct your
48 As I live, declares the Lord God, your sister Sodom and her daughters didn't ever do what you and your daughters have done.
alive I utterance Lord YHWH/God if: surely no to make: do Sodom sister your he/she/it and daughter her like/as as which to make: do you(f. s.) and daughter your
49 The sins of your sister Sodom were these: She and her daughters were proud, greedy, and lazy. They didn't help the poor and those in need.
behold this to be iniquity: guilt Sodom sister your pride fullness food and ease to quiet to be to/for her and to/for daughter her and hand: to afflicted and needy not to strengthen: strengthen
50 They became arrogant and did disgusting things in my presence. So I got rid of them when I saw this.
and to exult and to make: do abomination to/for face: before my and to turn aside: remove [obj] them like/as as which to see: see
51 Samaria didn't sin half as badly as you did. You have done far more disgusting things than they did. In fact, all the revolting things you've done make your sisters look good!
and Samaria like/as half sin your not to sin and to multiply [obj] abomination your from them and to justify [obj] (sister your *Q(K)*) in/on/with all abomination your which (to make *Q(k)*)
52 Now you're going to have to put up with your shame, since by your disgraceful sins you made them seem far better. Compared to you they look good! Now you too have to put up with your shame and disgrace because you've made your sisters look as if they were good.
also you(f. s.) to lift: guilt shame your which to pray to/for sister your in/on/with sin your which to abhor from them to justify from you and also you(f. s.) be ashamed and to lift: guilt shame your in/on/with to justify you sister your
53 Even so I'm going to bring Sodom and her daughters back from exile, and Samaria and her daughters too. I will bring you back together with them.
and to return: rescue [obj] captivity their [obj] (captivity *Q(k)*) Sodom and daughter her and [obj] (captivity *Q(k)*) Samaria and daughter her (and captivity *Q(k)*) captivity your in/on/with midst their
54 In this way you will have to put up with your disgrace and be ashamed of all the bad things you did that made them feel better about themselves.
because to lift: bear shame your and be humiliated from all which to make: do in/on/with to be sorry: comfort you [obj] them
55 Your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will be restored to what they were before. You and your daughters will also be restored to what you were before.
and sister your Sodom and daughter her to return: return to/for former their and Samaria and daughter her to return: return to/for former their and you(f. s.) and daughter your to return: return to/for former your
56 Didn't you mock your sister Sodom when you were feeling proud,
and not to be Sodom sister your to/for tidings in/on/with lip your in/on/with day pride your
57 before you were shown to be so wicked yourselves? Of course now you are mocked by the Edomites and the surrounding nations, as well as by the Philistines. Everyone around you looks down on you.
in/on/with before to reveal: reveal distress: evil your like time reproach daughter Syria and all around her daughter Philistine [the] to despise [obj] you from around
58 You will have to experience the consequences of your immorality and your disgusting practices, declares the Lord.
[obj] wickedness your and [obj] abomination your you(f. s.) to lift: bear them utterance LORD
59 This is what the Lord God says: I'm going to punish you according to your sins, because you treated the promise you made with contempt by breaking the agreement.
for thus to say Lord YHWH/God (and to make: do *Q(K)*) with you like/as as which to make: do which to despise oath to/for to break covenant
60 But I won't forget the agreement I made with you when you were young, and I will make an everlasting agreement with you.
and to remember I [obj] covenant my with you in/on/with day youth your and to arise: establish to/for you covenant forever: enduring
61 Then you will remember the way you are meant to live and be ashamed when you meet your older and younger sisters when they return to you. I will give them to you as daughters, even though this was not part of our original agreement.
and to remember [obj] way: conduct your and be humiliated in/on/with to take: take you [obj] sister your [the] great: old from you to(wards) [the] small from you and to give: give(marriage) [obj] them to/for you to/for daughter and not from covenant your
62 This is how I will endorse my agreement with you, and you will know that I am the Lord,
and to arise: establish I [obj] covenant my with you and to know for I LORD
63 so that you will remember and be ashamed, and won't ever defend your disgraceful behavior when I forgive you for everything you've done, declares the Lord God.”
because to remember and be ashamed and not to be to/for you still opening lip from face: because shame your in/on/with to atone I to/for you to/for all which to make: do utterance Lord YHWH/God

< Ezekiel 16 >