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OET-RV EZE Chapter 16

OETEZE 16 ©

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16:1Unfaithful Yerushalem’s vile practices

16Then Yahweh gave me another message: 2“Humanity’s child, inform Yerushalem about their detestable behaviour, 3and declare that the master Yahweh says this to Yerushalem: Your beginning and your birth took place in the land of Canaan, your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.[fn] 4When you were born, your mother didn’t cut your cord, nor did she clean you with water or rub you down with salt, or wrap cloth around you. 5No one cared enough for you to do any of these things for you—to be compassionate toward you. Your life was despised and you were thrown out into the open field on the very day that you were born.

6But I went past, and I saw you, Yerushalem, writhing in your own blood, so I said to you as you lay there in your blood, “Live!”[fn] 7I made you grow like a plant in the countryside. You grew up and became tall, and you became the jewel of jewels. Your breasts became firm, and your hair grew thick, even though you had been naked and bare.

8I went past again and saw you. Wow, the time of love came for you, so I spread my robe out over you and covered your nakedness. Then I made a promise to you and brought you into a contract and you became mine. That is the master Yahweh’s declaration.

9I washed you, Yerushalem, with water and rinsed your blood off you, and I put lotion on your skin. 10Then I dressed you in embroidered clothes and put leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen then covered you with silk. 11Next I adorned you with jewellery, and I put bracelets on your hands and a chain around your neck. 12I put a ring in your nose and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. 13So you were adorned with gold and silver, and you were dressed in fine linen, silk, and embroidered clothes. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil, and you were very beautiful, and you became a queen. 14Your reputation, Yerushalem, spread among the nations because of your beauty, because it was perfect in the majesty that I had given to you. That is the master Yahweh’s declaration.

15But Yerushalem, you trusted in your own beauty, and you acted like a prostitute because of your reputation. You flirted with everyone going past and prostituted yourself, so that your beauty became theirs. 16Then you took your clothes and made hilltop shrines for yourself with them, decorated in various colours, and there you acted like a prostitute. This shouldn’t have happened, nor should such a thing exist. 17You took the fine gold and silver jewellery that I gave you, and you made male figures for yourselves, and you behaved with them like a prostitute would do. 18You took your embroidered garments and covered those idols, and you offered my oils and perfumes to them. 19The high-quality bread that I gave you (made with fine flour, oil, and honey), you placed in front of them to be a fragrant aroma and indeed it was. That is the master Yahweh’s declaration.

20Then you took your sons and daughters that you bore for me, and you sacrificed them to those idols to be devoured as food. Are your acts of prostitution a small matter? 21You slaughtered my children for the idols and made them pass through the fire. 22In all your evil goings on and your acts of prostitution, you never remembered back to the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare as you thrashed about in your own blood. 23After all your wickedness, you won’t end well. That is the master Yahweh’s declaration.

16:24The anger of God on Yerushalem

24You made yourself a mound and built a raised shrine in every public square. 25You built your raised platform at the top of every street and made your beauty a disgrace, and you spread your legs for anyone who passed by, and you multiplied your acts of prostitution. 26You have acted like a prostitute with your lusty neighbours the Egyptians, and you committed many more acts of prostitution, provoking me to anger.

27Listen, I’ll hit you with my hand and cut off your food supply. I’ll hand your life over to your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your obscene behaviour.

28You’ve acted like a prostitute with the Assyrians because you couldn’t be satisfied. You acted like a prostitute and still you weren’t satisfied. 29So you performed many more acts of prostitution in Babylonia (the country of the merchants of Chaldea), and even that didn’t satisfy you. 30Your heart is so sick that you would do things like that—things that only a shameless prostitute would do. That is the master Yahweh’s declaration.

31You made your mounds at the head of every street and built your tall shrines in every public square, yet you weren’t like a prostitute in the sense that you scoffed at taking payment. 32You adulterous woman, you prefer strangers over your husband. 33It’s normal for clients to pay the prostitute, but you do the opposite: you give your wages to all your lovers and bribe them to come to you from all around for your acts of prostitution. 34Yes, there’s a difference between you and other women. No one offers payment for you to act as a prostitute. You’re the very opposite—you paid them but nothing was given to you.

16:35The punishment of God of Yerushalem

35Therefore, Yerushalem you prostitute, listen to Yahweh’s message. 36The master Yahweh says this: Because you’ve poured out your lust and uncovered your nakedness through your acts of prostitution with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children’s blood, 37then listen: I will gather all your lovers that you’ve met, including the ones you loved and the ones you hated, and I will gather them against you on every side. I’ll uncover your nakedness to them so they see all your nakedness. 38Then I’ll punish you for your adultery and the shedding of blood, and I’ll bring on you the bloodshed of my anger and passion. 39I’ll allow them to conquer you so they’ll tear apart your raised chamber and break down your high places, and they’ll strip you of your clothes and take all of your jewellery—leaving you naked and bare.

40Then they’ll bring a crowd up against you and stone you with stones, and they’ll cut you apart with their swords. 41They’ll burn down your houses and will punish you in several ways in the sight of many women, because I’ll put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay your lovers. 42Then I’ll calm my rage against you. My anger will leave you, because I’ll be satisfied and won’t be angry at you any longer.

43Because you didn’t call to mind your younger days and made me shake with anger because of all those things, therefore, listen: I myself will bring the punishment for what you’ve done down onto your own head. That is the master Yahweh’s declaration.

16:44Ke what the mother like just the child woman

Haven’t you added prostitution to all your other detestable practices? 44Listen, everyone who speaks proverbs about you will say, “Like mother, like daughter.” 45You are the daughter of your mother, who detested her husband and her children, and you are the sister of your sisters who detested their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father was an Amorite.

46Your older sister was Shomron (Samaria) and her daughters were the ones living in the north, while your younger sister was the one living south of you, that is, Sodom and her daughters. 47Not only did you follow their ways and copy their behaviour and practices, but in everything that you did, you’ve been worse than they were.

48This is the master Yahweh’s declaration: As I live, your sister Sodom and her daughters, didn’t do as much evil as you and your daughters have done. 49Listen, your sister Sodom’s sin was that she was arrogant in her leisure, careless and unconcerned about anything. She didn’t assist the poor and needy people. 50She was arrogant and committed disgusting actions in front of me, so I took them away just as you have seen.

51As for Shomron (Samaria), they didn’t commit even half of your sins, instead, you’ve done many more disgusting things than they did, and you’ve shown that your sisters were better than you because of all the disgusting things that you do. 52Also how you display your own shame—you’ve shown that your sisters were better than you by the sins you committed in all those disgusting ways. Your sisters now seem better than you.

53From their captivity, I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and of Shomron (Samaria) and her daughters, and your fortunes will be similar[fn] 54so that you will display your shame. You’ll be humiliated because of everything that you’ve done, and in that way you’ll be a consolation to Sodom and Shomron. 55Your sister Sodom and her daughters will be restored to their former condition, and Shomron and her daughters will be restored similarly. Then you and your daughters will be restored to your former condition. 56You never even mentioned your sister Sodom in the period when you were proud 57before your wickedness was revealed. But now you’re an object of scorn to the daughters of Aram (Syria) and to all the daughters of the Philistines around her. People all around despise you. 58You’ll display your shame and your disgusting actions. That is Yahweh’s declaration.

16:59The agreement without ending

59The master Yahweh says this: I’ll deal with you as you deserve—you who’ve despised your oath by breaking our agreement. 60But I myself will call to mind my agreement with you that was made when you were younger, and I’ll establish a never-ending agreement with you. 61Then you’ll call to mind your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older sisters and your younger sisters. I’ll give them to you as daughters, but not because of your agreement. 62I myself will establish my agreement with you, and you’ll know that I am Yahweh 63so that you’ll call everything to mind and be ashamed. Then you’ll no longer open your mouth to speak because of your shame, when I have forgiven you for everything that you’ve done. That is the master Yahweh’s declaration.’ ”


16:3 A bunch of insults to the proud Israelis.

16:6 The last part of the verse is repeated in the Hebrew.

16:53 i.e., to go into captivity, but then after a time, to be restored.

OETEZE 16 ©

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