1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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2“Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations.

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Ezekiel 22:2, Ezekiel 22:2, Ezekiel 20:4, Ezekiel 20:4, Isaiah 58:1

3And you shall say: Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: Your root and your lineage is from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Cethite.

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Ezekiel 16:45, Ezekiel 16:45, Isaiah 51:1, Isaiah 51:2, Isaiah 51:1

4And when you were born, on the day of your nativity, your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were not washed with water for health, nor salted with salt, nor wrapped with cloths.

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Hosea 2:3, Hosea 2:3, Genesis 15:13, Joshua 24:2, Deuteronomy 15:15

5No eye took pity on you, so as to do even one of these things to you, out of compassion for you. Instead, you were cast upon the face of the earth, in the abjection of your soul, on the day when you were born.

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Deuteronomy 32:10, Deuteronomy 32:10, Exodus 1:22, Genesis 21:10, Lamentations 4:3

6But, passing by you, I saw that you were wallowing in your own blood. And I said to you, when you were in your blood: ‘Live.’ I tell you that I said to you, in your blood: ‘Live.’

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Ephesians 2:4, Ephesians 2:5, Ephesians 2:4, Ephesians 2:5, Titus 3:3

7I multiplied you like the seedling of the field. And you were multiplied and became great, and you advanced and arrived at the ornament of a woman. Your breasts rose up, and your hair grew. And you were naked and full of shame.

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Exodus 1:7, Deuteronomy 1:10, Exodus 1:7, Deuteronomy 1:10, Isaiah 62:3

8And I passed by you and saw you. And behold, your time was the time of lovers. And I spread my garment over you, and I covered your disgrace. And I swore to you, and I entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became mine.

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Jeremiah 2:2, Jeremiah 2:3, Ruth 3:9, Jeremiah 2:2, Jeremiah 2:3

9And I washed you with water, and I cleansed you of your blood. And I anointed you with oil.

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Ruth 3:3, Psalms 23:5, Ruth 3:3, Psalms 23:5, 1 Corinthians 6:11

10And I covered you with embroidery, and I put violet shoes upon you, and I wrapped you in fine linen, and I clothed you with delicate garments.

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Ezekiel 16:13, Ezekiel 16:18, Ezekiel 16:13, Ezekiel 16:18, Isaiah 61:10

11I adorned you with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon your hands and a necklace around your neck.

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Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:22, Isaiah 3:19, Isaiah 3:19, Genesis 41:42

12And I put gold upon your face, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.

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Isaiah 3:21, Isaiah 3:21, Isaiah 28:5, Isaiah 28:5, Jeremiah 13:18

13And you were adorned with gold and silver, and you were clothed in fine linen, woven with many colors. You ate fine flour, and honey, and oil. And you became very beautiful. And you advanced to royal power.

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Deuteronomy 32:13, Deuteronomy 32:14, Psalms 50:2, 1 Kings 4:21, Deuteronomy 32:13

14And your renown went forth among the Gentiles, because of your beauty. For you were perfected by my beauty, which I had placed upon you, says the Lord God.

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Lamentations 2:15, 1 Kings 10:24, Lamentations 2:15, 1 Kings 10:24, 1 Corinthians 4:7

15But, having confidence in your own beauty, you fornicated in your fame. And you presented your fornication to every passer-by, so as to become his.

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Ezekiel 16:25, Isaiah 57:8, Jeremiah 2:20, Ezekiel 16:25, Isaiah 57:8

16And taking from your garments, you made for yourself exalted things, having sewed together disparate pieces. And you fornicated upon them, in a way that has not been done before, nor will be in the future.

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2 Kings 23:7, 2 Kings 23:7, Hosea 2:8, Ezekiel 7:20, 2 Chronicles 28:24

17And you took your beautiful items, made of my gold and my silver, which I gave to you, and you made for yourself images of men, and you fornicated with them.

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Ezekiel 23:14, Ezekiel 23:21, Ezekiel 23:14, Ezekiel 23:21, Jeremiah 2:27

18And you used your multicolored vestments to cover these things. And you placed my oil and my incense before them.

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19And my bread, which I gave to you, the fine flour, and the oil, and the honey, by which I nourished you, you placed in their sight as a sweet fragrance. And so it was done, says the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 16:13, Ezekiel 16:13, Hosea 2:8, Hosea 2:13, Deuteronomy 32:14

20And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore for me, and you immolated them to be devoured. Is your fornication a small matter?

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Ezekiel 23:37, Ezekiel 23:37, Jeremiah 7:31, Psalms 106:37, Psalms 106:38

21You have immolated my sons, and you have consecrated and delivered my sons to them.

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2 Kings 17:17, 2 Kings 17:17, 2 Kings 23:10, Deuteronomy 18:10, Psalms 106:37

22And after all your abominations and fornications, you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and full of shame, wallowing in your own blood.

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Jeremiah 2:2, Jeremiah 2:2, Hosea 11:1, Ezekiel 16:43, Hosea 11:1

23And it happened that, after all your wickedness, (woe, woe to you, says the Lord God)

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Matthew 23:13, Matthew 23:29, Revelation 8:13, Ezekiel 13:18, Ezekiel 13:3

24you built for yourself a brothel, and you made for yourself a place of prostitution in every street.

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Jeremiah 2:20, Isaiah 57:7, Psalms 78:58, Ezekiel 16:39, Ezekiel 16:31

25At the head of every way, you set up a banner of your prostitution. And you caused your beauty to become abominable. And you distributed your feet to every passer-by. And you multiplied your fornications.

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Jeremiah 3:2, Ezekiel 16:31, Jeremiah 3:2, Ezekiel 16:31, Revelation 17:16

26And you fornicated with the sons of Egypt, your neighbors, who have large bodies. And you multiplied your fornications, so as to provoke me.

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Ezekiel 23:19, Ezekiel 23:21, Ezekiel 23:19, Ezekiel 23:21, Ezekiel 20:7

27Behold, I will extend my hand over you, and I will take away your justification. And I will give you to the souls of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your wicked way.

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Isaiah 9:12, Isaiah 9:12, Ezekiel 16:57, Ezekiel 16:57, Ezekiel 16:37

28You also fornicated with the sons of the Assyrians, for you were not yet done. And after you fornicated, even then, you were not satisfied.

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2 Kings 16:7, 2 Kings 16:7, Jeremiah 2:36, Hosea 10:6, 2 Kings 16:10

29And you multiplied your fornications in the land of Canaan with the Chaldeans. And even then, you were not satisfied.

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Ezekiel 23:14, Ezekiel 23:21, Judges 2:12, Judges 2:19, Ezekiel 13:14

30With what can I cleanse your heart, says the Lord God, since you do all these things, the works of a woman who is a shameless prostitute?

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Jeremiah 3:3, Jeremiah 3:3, Jeremiah 4:22, Isaiah 1:3, Isaiah 3:9

31For you have built your brothel at the head of every way, and you have made your exalted place on every street. And you have not even been like a choosy prostitute, increasing her price,

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Isaiah 52:3, Ezekiel 16:33, Ezekiel 16:34, Isaiah 52:3, Ezekiel 16:33

32but instead like a woman who is an adulteress, who prefers strangers to her own husband.

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Jeremiah 2:28, Jeremiah 2:28, Ezekiel 23:45, Ezekiel 16:8, Jeremiah 2:25

33Wages are given to all prostitutes. But you have given wages to all your lovers, and you have given gifts to them, so that they would enter to you from every side, in order to fornicate with you.

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Hosea 8:9, Hosea 8:10, Isaiah 57:9, Hosea 8:9, Hosea 8:10

34And it is done with you, in your fornications, contrary to the custom of women, and even after you, there will be no such fornication. For in as much as you have given payment, and not taken payment, what has been done in you is the contrary.”

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35Because of this, O harlot, listen to the word of the Lord.

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Ezekiel 13:2, Hosea 4:1, Isaiah 1:21, Ezekiel 20:47, Ezekiel 34:7

36Thus says the Lord God: “Because your money has been poured out, and your disgrace has been uncovered, in your fornications with your lovers and with the idols of your abominations, in the blood of your sons, whom you gave to them:

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Ezekiel 23:10, Ezekiel 23:10, Ezekiel 22:15, Revelation 3:18, Lamentations 1:9

37Behold, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have united, and all those whom you have loved, together with all those whom you have hated. And I will gather them together against you on every side. And I will uncover your disgrace before them, and they will see all your indecency.

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Hosea 2:3, Hosea 2:10, Jeremiah 13:22, Hosea 2:3, Hosea 2:10

38And I will judge you with the judgment of adulteresses and of those who shed blood. And I will give you over to blood, in fury and in zeal.

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Leviticus 20:10, Leviticus 20:10, Genesis 9:6, Jeremiah 18:21, Zephaniah 1:17

39And I will deliver you into their hands. And they will destroy your brothel and demolish your place of prostitution. And they will strip you of your vestments. And they will take away the ornaments of your beauty. And they will leave you behind, naked and full of disgrace.

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Ezekiel 23:26, Hosea 2:3, Ezekiel 23:26, Hosea 2:3, Ezekiel 16:24

40And they will lead over you a multitude. And they will stone you with stones, and massacre you with their swords.

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Ezekiel 23:47, Ezekiel 23:47, Habakkuk 1:6, Habakkuk 1:10, Habakkuk 1:6

41And they will burn up your houses with fire, and they will carry out judgments against you in the sight of many women. And you will cease from fornication, and no longer give payment.

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Ezekiel 23:48, Ezekiel 23:48, Jeremiah 52:13, Jeremiah 39:8, 2 Kings 25:9

42And my indignation will be quieted in you. And my zeal will be taken from you. And I will rest, and no longer be angry.

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Ezekiel 5:13, Ezekiel 5:13, Ezekiel 21:17, Ezekiel 39:29, Isaiah 40:1

43For you have not remembered the days of your youth, and you have provoked me in all these things. Because of this, I also have delivered all your ways upon your head, says the Lord God, but I have not acted in accord with your wickedness in all your abominations.

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Ezekiel 16:22, Ezekiel 16:22, Ezekiel 11:21, Psalms 78:42, Ezekiel 22:31

44Behold, all who speak a common proverb will take this up against you, saying: ‘Like the mother, so also is her daughter.’

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Ezekiel 18:2, Ezekiel 18:3, Ezekiel 18:2, Ezekiel 18:3, 1 Samuel 24:13

45You are your mother’s daughter, for she cast away her husband and her children. And you are the sister of your sisters, for they cast away their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Cethite, and your father was an Amorite.

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Isaiah 1:4, Zechariah 11:8, Isaiah 1:4, Zechariah 11:8, Ezekiel 16:15

46And your older sister is Samaria, she and her daughters are those who live to your left. But your younger sister, who lives to your right, is Sodom and her daughters.

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Ezekiel 23:4, Ezekiel 23:4, Jeremiah 3:8, Jeremiah 3:11, Ezekiel 16:48

47But neither have you walked in their ways. For you have done only a little less compared to their wickedness. You have acted almost more wickedly, in all your ways, than they have acted.

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2 Kings 21:9, 2 Kings 21:9, Ezekiel 16:51, Ezekiel 5:6, Ezekiel 5:7

48As I live, says the Lord God, your sister Sodom herself, and her daughters, have not done as you and your daughters have done.

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Matthew 10:15, Matthew 10:15, Acts 7:52, Luke 10:12, Matthew 11:23

49Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: arrogance, indulgence in bread and abundance, and the idleness of her and her daughters; and they did not reach out their hand to the needy and the poor.

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Ezekiel 28:2, Genesis 13:10, Psalms 138:6, Ezekiel 28:2, Genesis 13:10

50And they were exalted, and they committed abominations before me. And so I took them away, just as you have seen.

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Genesis 18:20, Genesis 19:5, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 18:20

51But Samaria has not committed even half of your sins. For you have exceeded them in your wickedness, and you have justified your sisters by all your abominations, which you have wrought.

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Jeremiah 3:8, Jeremiah 3:11, Jeremiah 3:8, Jeremiah 3:11, Romans 3:9

52Therefore, you also bear your shame, for you have exceeded your sisters with your sins, acting more wickedly than they did. So they have been justified above you. By this also, you are confounded, and you bear your disgrace, for you have justified your sisters.

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Matthew 7:1, Matthew 7:5, Matthew 7:1, Matthew 7:5, Jeremiah 51:51

53But I will convert and restore them, by converting Sodom with her daughters, and by converting Samaria and her daughters. And I will convert your return in their midst.

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Jeremiah 12:16, Ezekiel 29:14, Isaiah 19:24, Isaiah 19:25, Ezekiel 39:25

54So may you bear your disgrace and be confounded over all that you have done, consoling them.

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Ezekiel 14:22, Ezekiel 14:23, Jeremiah 2:26, Ezekiel 14:22, Ezekiel 14:23

55And your sister Sodom and her daughters will return to their ancient state. And Samaria and her daughters will return to their ancient state. And you and your daughters will be returned to your ancient state.

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Malachi 3:4, Ezekiel 16:53, Ezekiel 36:11, Malachi 3:4, Ezekiel 16:53

56Your sister Sodom was not heard from your mouth, then, in the day of your pride,

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Luke 15:28, Luke 15:30, Isaiah 65:5, Zephaniah 3:11, Luke 18:11

57before your malice was revealed, as it is at this time, with the reproach of the daughters of Syria and of all the daughters of Palestine, who surround you, who encircle you on every side.

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2 Kings 16:5, 2 Kings 16:7, 2 Kings 16:5, 2 Kings 16:7, Isaiah 7:1

58You have borne your wickedness and your disgrace, says the Lord God.”

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Ezekiel 23:49, Ezekiel 23:49, Genesis 4:13, Lamentations 5:7, Genesis 4:13

59For thus says the Lord God: “I will act toward you, just as you have despised the oath, so that you would make void the covenant.

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Isaiah 24:5, Ezekiel 17:19, Isaiah 24:5, Ezekiel 17:19, Deuteronomy 29:10

60And I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth. And I will raise up for you an everlasting covenant.

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Hosea 2:19, Hosea 2:20, Hosea 2:19, Hosea 2:20, Hebrews 8:10

61And you shall remember your ways and be confounded, when you will have received your sisters, your elder with your younger. And I will give them to you as daughters, but not by your covenant.

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Hebrews 8:13, Galatians 4:26, Galatians 4:31, Hebrews 8:13, Galatians 4:26

62And I will raise up my covenant with you. And you shall know that I am the Lord.

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Jeremiah 24:7, Jeremiah 24:7, Ezekiel 6:7, Ezekiel 6:7, Ezekiel 20:43

63So may you remember and be confounded. And it will no longer be for you to open your mouth, because of your shame, when I will have been pacified toward you over all that you have done, says the Lord God.”

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Psalms 39:9, Romans 3:19, Psalms 39:9, Romans 3:19, Daniel 9:7