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15 You learned that you were attractive enough to have any man you wanted, so you offered yourself to every passerby.[a] 16 You made shrines for yourself and decorated them with some of your clothes. That's where you took your visitors to have sex with them. These things should never have happened![b] 17 You made idols out of the gold and silver jewelry I gave you, then you sinned by worshiping those idols.

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  1. 16.15 so you offered yourself to every passerby: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 16.16 These things should never have happened: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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.