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22 And in all your repulsive acts and prostitutions (idolatrous immoralities) you did not [pause to] remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, squirming in your [newborn] blood.

23 “Then it came about after all your wickedness (‘Woe, woe to you!’ says the Lord God), 24 that you built yourself an [a]altar for prostitution and made yourself a high place [for ritual prostitution] in every square [of Jerusalem].

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:24 Specifically, a rim or molding at the bottom of an altar where prostitution in honor of the pagan deity was practiced.

22 In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth,(A) when you were naked and bare,(B) kicking about in your blood.(C)

23 “‘Woe!(D) Woe to you, declares the Sovereign Lord. In addition to all your other wickedness, 24 you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine(E) in every public square.(F)

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