Ezekiel 16:14-16
Lexham English Bible
14 And a name went out for you among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect because of my majesty that I bestowed on you,’ declares[a] the Lord Yahweh. 15 ‘And you trusted in your beauty, and you prostituted on account of your name, and you poured out your fornication on every one passing by, saying, “Let it be his.” 16 And you took from your clothes and you made for yourself colorful[b] shrines, and you prostituted on them; this had not happened before,[c] and it will not continue to happen.[d]
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- Ezekiel 16:14 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 16:16 Or “gaudy”
- Ezekiel 16:16 Literally “Not were happening”
- Ezekiel 16:16 Literally “and not it will be”; Hebrew text unclear
Ezekiel 16:14-16
New International Version
14 And 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) 16 You 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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- Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
Ezekiel 16:14-16
King James Version
14 And 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.
15 But 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.
16 And 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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