Ezekiel 16:14-16

Amplified Bible

¹⁴Then your fame went out among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of My majesty and splendor which I bestowed on you,” says the Lord God.

¹⁵“But you trusted in and relied on your beauty and prostituted yourself [in idolatry and its debauched rituals] because of your fame, and you poured out your immoralities on every [willing] passer-by and your beauty was his [as you worshiped the idols of the Gentile nations]. ¹⁶You took some of your clothes and made for yourself [decorated] high places and shrines of various colors and prostituted yourself on them—things which should never have come about and taken place.

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Ezekiel 16:14-16

New International Version

¹⁴And your fame^(A) spread among the nations on account of your beauty,^(B) because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(C)

¹⁵“‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by^(D) and your beauty became his.^(E) ¹⁶You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places,^(F) where you carried on your prostitution.^(G) You went to him, and he possessed your beauty.^[a]

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Footnotes

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

Ezekiel 16:14-16

King James Version

¹⁴And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.

¹⁵But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.

¹⁶And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

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