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Ezekiel 16:14-16
New King James Version
Ezekiel 16:14-16
New King James Version
14 (A)Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I had bestowed on you,” says the Lord God.
Jerusalem’s Harlotry
15 (B)“But you trusted in your own beauty, (C)played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your harlotry on everyone passing by who would have it. 16 (D)You took some of your garments and adorned multicolored [a]high places for yourself, and played the harlot on them. Such things should not happen, nor be.
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- Ezekiel 16:16 Places for pagan worship
Ezekiel 16:14-16
New International Version
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]
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
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