“‘I bathed you with water and washed(A) the blood from you and put ointments on you. 10 I clothed you with an embroidered(B) dress and put sandals of fine leather on you. I dressed you in fine linen(C) and covered you with costly garments.(D) 11 I adorned you with jewelry:(E) I put bracelets(F) on your arms and a necklace(G) around your neck, 12 and I put a ring on your nose,(H) earrings(I) on your ears and a beautiful crown(J) on your head.(K) 13 So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes(L) were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil(M) and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.(N)

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Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

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“Then I washed you in water; yes, I thoroughly washed off your blood, and I anointed you with oil. 10 I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of [a]badger skin; I clothed you with fine linen and covered you with silk. 11 I adorned you with ornaments, (A)put bracelets on your wrists, (B)and a chain on your neck. 12 And I put a [b]jewel in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. (C)You ate pastry of fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly (D)beautiful, and succeeded to royalty.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:10 Or dolphin or dugong
  2. Ezekiel 16:12 Lit. ring