Ezekiel 16:15-17
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
15 But you trusted in your beauty, and played the whore because of your fame, and lavished your whorings on any passer-by.[a] 16 You took some of your garments, and made for yourself colourful shrines, and on them played the whore; nothing like this has ever been or ever shall be.[b] 17 You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and my silver that I had given you, and made for yourself male images, and with them played the whore;
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- Ezekiel 16:15 Heb adds let it be his
- Ezekiel 16:16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ezekiel 16:15-17
New International Version
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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- Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
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