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Jerusalem’s Arrogant Unfaithfulness

15 “But you trusted in your beauty. You did what whores do, as a result of your fame. You passed out your sexual favors[a] to anyone who passed by, giving yourself to anyone. 16 You took some of your clothes and made gaily-colored high places and prostituted yourself all around them—something which had never happened before nor will ever happen again.

17 “You also took your fine jewelry—including my gold and my silver that I had given you. Then you made for yourself male images and had sex with them!

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  1. Ezekiel 16:15 Lit. adulteries

15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by(A) and your beauty became his.(B) 16 You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places,(C) where you carried on your prostitution.(D) You went to him, and he possessed your beauty.[a] 17 You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them.(E)

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  1. Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.