Jeremiah 2:23 “You say, ‘I am “clean.” I haven’t followed the gods that are named Baal.’ How can you say that? Remember how you acted in the valley. Consider what you have...

2:23 NIrV

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New International Reader's Version - “You say, ‘I am “clean.” I haven’t followed the gods that are named Baal.’ How can you say that? Remember how you acted in the valley. Consider what you have done. You are like a female camel running quickly here and there.
新标点和合本 - 你怎能说： ‘我没有玷污、没有随从众巴力’？你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱走。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你怎能说： ‘我没有玷污，没有随从巴力’？看看你在谷中所做的，思想你自己的所作所为；你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱闯。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你怎能说： ‘我没有玷污，没有随从巴力’？看看你在谷中所做的，思想你自己的所作所为；你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱闯。
当代译本 - “你怎能说， ‘我没有玷污自己，也没有随从巴力’？看看你在山谷中的行径，想想你的所作所为。你是一只烦躁不安的母骆驼，跑来跑去。
圣经新译本 - “你怎么能说：‘我没有玷污自己，未曾跟从过巴力’呢？看看你在谷中的行径，想想你所作过的！简直像快捷的小雌驼，在路上乱闯；
现代标点和合本 - “你怎能说 ‘我没有玷污，没有随从众巴力’？你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱走。
和合本（拼音版） - 你怎能说： ‘我没有玷污，没有随从众巴力’？你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱走；
New International Version - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? See how you behaved in the valley; consider what you have done. You are a swift she-camel running here and there,
English Standard Version - How can you say, ‘I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done— a restless young camel running here and there,
New Living Translation - “You say, ‘That’s not true! I haven’t worshiped the images of Baal!’ But how can you say that? Go and look in any valley in the land! Face the awful sins you have done. You are like a restless female camel desperately searching for a mate.
The Message - “How dare you tell me, ‘I’m not stained by sin. I’ve never chased after the Baal sex gods’! Well, look at the tracks you’ve left behind in the valley. How do you account for what is written in the desert dust— Tracks of a camel in heat, running this way and that, tracks of a wild donkey in rut, Sniffing the wind for the slightest scent of sex. Who could possibly corral her! On the hunt for sex, sex, and more sex— insatiable, indiscriminate, promiscuous.
Christian Standard Bible - How can you protest, “I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals”? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young camel twisting and turning on her way,
New American Standard Bible - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley! Know what you have done! You are a swift young camel running about senselessly on her ways,
New King James Version - “How can you say, ‘I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley; Know what you have done: You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
Amplified Bible - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after [man-made gods like] the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley; Know [without any doubt] what you have done! You are a swift and restless young [female] camel [in the heat of her passion] running here and there,
American Standard Version - How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
King James Version - How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
New English Translation - “How can you say, ‘I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.’ Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.
World English Bible - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
新標點和合本 - 你怎能說：我沒有玷污、沒有隨從眾巴力？你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。你是快行的獨峯駝，狂奔亂走。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你怎能說：『我沒有玷污，沒有隨從巴力』？看看你在谷中所做的，思想你自己的所作所為；你是快行的獨峯駝，狂奔亂闖。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你怎能說：『我沒有玷污，沒有隨從巴力』？看看你在谷中所做的，思想你自己的所作所為；你是快行的獨峯駝，狂奔亂闖。
當代譯本 - 「你怎能說，『我沒有玷污自己，也沒有隨從巴力』？看看你在山谷中的行徑，想想你的所作所為。你是一隻煩躁不安的母駱駝，跑來跑去。
聖經新譯本 - “你怎麼能說：‘我沒有玷污自己，未曾跟從過巴力’呢？看看你在谷中的行徑，想想你所作過的！簡直像快捷的小雌駝，在路上亂闖；
呂振中譯本 - 你怎能說：「我沒有被沾污，我沒有隨從眾巴力」呢？看你的路在平谷中，就知道你所作的是甚麼—— 嘿，一隻迅速輕快的獨峰駝！狂奔亂闖，跑道交錯！
現代標點和合本 - 「你怎能說『我沒有玷汙，沒有隨從眾巴力』？你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。你是快行的獨峰駝，狂奔亂走。
文理和合譯本 - 爾安得曰、我未染污衊、未從巴力乎、觀爾在谷之途、則知爾之所為、爾若捷足孤峯之駝、馳行其路、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾豈得曰、不染污衊、未從巴力乎。爾於谷中所行、爾自知之、如牝駱駝、相誘以風、馳逐遠去。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾豈可曰、我不染污穢、未從巴力、惟觀爾於谷中所行、當自知所為、爾若足疾之牝駝、狂奔亂馳、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »¿Cómo puedes decir: “No me he contaminado, ni me he ido tras los baales”? ¡Considera tu conducta en el valle! ¡Reconoce lo que has hecho! ¡Camella ligera de cascos, que no puedes quedarte quieta!
현대인의 성경 - 네가 어떻게 자신을 더럽히지 않고 바알을 섬기지 않았다고 말할 수 있느냐? 골짜기에 있는 길을 보아라. 네가 행한 일을 알게 될 것이다. 너는 정신 없이 이리저리 뛰어다니는 암낙타 같고
Новый Русский Перевод - Как ты можешь говорить: «Я не осквернилась, я не ходила вслед Баалам»? Посмотри, как вела ты себя в долине, подумай о том, что сделала. Ты – норовистая верблюдица, мечущаяся из стороны в сторону,
Восточный перевод - Как ты можешь говорить: «Я не осквернилась, я не поклонялась статуям Баала»? Посмотри, как вела ты себя в долине, подумай о том, что сделала. Ты – норовистая верблюдица, мечущаяся из стороны в сторону,
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Как ты можешь говорить: «Я не осквернилась, я не поклонялась статуям Баала»? Посмотри, как вела ты себя в долине, подумай о том, что сделала. Ты – норовистая верблюдица, мечущаяся из стороны в сторону,
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Как ты можешь говорить: «Я не осквернилась, я не поклонялась статуям Баала»? Посмотри, как вела ты себя в долине, подумай о том, что сделала. Ты – норовистая верблюдица, мечущаяся из стороны в сторону,
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Comment oses-tu dire : ╵« Je ne me suis jamais souillée, je ne suis pas allée ╵après les Baals » ? Va observer dans la vallée ╵les traces de tes pas ! Reconnais ce que tu as fait, chamelle écervelée, ╵qui vagabonde ╵dans tous les sens,
リビングバイブル - 「それでもなお、そんなはずはない、偶像を拝んだ覚えなどない、と言いはるのか。なぜ、そんなことが言えるのか。試しに、この国のどの谷へでも行ってみよ。必死に雄を探し求める雌のらくだよ、おまえの犯した恐ろしい罪を直視せよ。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Como você pode dizer que não se contaminou e que não correu atrás dos baalins? Reveja o seu procedimento no vale e considere o que você tem feito. Você é como uma camela jovem e arisca que corre para todos os lados;
Hoffnung für alle - Wie kannst du da behaupten: ›Ich habe nichts getan! Niemals bin ich anderen Göttern nachgelaufen‹? Führ dir doch vor Augen, was du da unten im Hinnomtal treibst, denk über deine Taten nach! Du bist wie eine brünstige Kamelstute, die ständig hin und her läuft,
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Ngươi dám nói: ‘Tôi đâu bị ô uế! Tôi đâu có thờ lạy thần tượng Ba-anh!’ Nhưng sao ngươi có thể nói vậy? Hãy đi và nhìn vào bất cứ thung lũng nào trên đất! Hãy đối diện với tội lỗi ghê rợn ngươi đã làm. Ngươi giống như lạc đà cái nhảy tung tăng liều mạng tìm kiếm người bạn đời.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “เจ้าพูดออกมาได้อย่างไรว่า ‘ข้าไม่มีมลทิน ข้าไม่ได้วิ่งตามพระบาอัล’? ก็ดูสิว่าเจ้าได้ประพฤติตัวอย่างไร จงพิจารณาดูสิ่งที่เจ้าทำในหุบเขานั้น เจ้าเป็นอูฐตัวเมียที่อยู่ไม่สุข วิ่งพล่านไปนั่นไปนี่
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “เจ้าพูดได้อย่างไรว่า ‘ข้าพเจ้าไม่มีมลทิน ข้าพเจ้าไม่ได้นมัสการเทพเจ้าบาอัล’ ดูวิถีทางของเจ้าในหุบเขาสิ เจ้ารู้ว่าเจ้าได้ทำอะไรไปบ้าง เหมือนกับอูฐสาวที่วิ่งไปวิ่งมา

Cross Reference

Genesis 3:12 - The man said, “It’s the fault of the woman you put here with me. She gave me some fruit from the tree. And I ate it.”
Genesis 3:13 - Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent tricked me. That’s why I ate the fruit.”
Ezekiel 16:1 - A message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said,
Ezekiel 16:2 - “Son of man, tell the people of Jerusalem the evil things they have done. I hate those things.
Ezekiel 16:3 - Tell them, ‘The Lord and King speaks to Jerusalem. He says, “Your history in the land of Canaan goes back a long way. Your father was an Amorite. Your mother was a Hittite.
Ezekiel 16:4 - On the day you were born your cord was not cut. You were not washed with water to clean you up. You were not rubbed with salt. And you were not wrapped in large strips of cloth.
Ezekiel 16:5 - No one took pity on you. No one was concerned enough to do any of these things for you. Instead, you were thrown out into an open field. You were hated on the day you were born.
Ezekiel 16:6 - “ ‘ “I was passing by. I saw you kicking around in your blood. As you were lying there, I said to you, ‘Live!’
Ezekiel 16:7 - I made you grow like a plant in a field. Soon you had grown up. You became a young adult. Your breasts had formed. Your hair had grown. But you were completely naked.
Ezekiel 16:8 - “ ‘ “Later, I was passing by again. I looked at you. I saw that you were old enough for love. So I married you and took good care of you. I covered your naked body. I made a firm promise to you. I entered into a covenant with you. And you became mine,” announces the Lord and King.
Ezekiel 16:9 - “ ‘ “I bathed you with water. I washed the blood off you. And I put lotions on you.
Ezekiel 16:10 - I put a beautiful dress on you. I gave you sandals made out of fine leather. I dressed you in fine linen. I covered you with expensive clothes.
Ezekiel 16:11 - I decorated you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your arms. I gave you a necklace for your neck.
Ezekiel 16:12 - I put rings on your nose and ears. And I gave you a beautiful crown for your head.
Ezekiel 16:13 - So you were decorated with gold and silver. Your clothes were made out of fine linen. They were made out of expensive and beautiful cloth. Your food was made out of honey, olive oil and the finest flour. You became very beautiful. You became a queen.
Ezekiel 16:14 - You were so beautiful that your fame spread among the nations. The glory I had given you made your beauty perfect,” announces the Lord and King.
Ezekiel 16:15 - “ ‘ “But you trusted in your beauty. You used your fame to become a prostitute. You offered your body freely to anyone who passed by. In fact, you gave yourself to anyone who wanted you.
Ezekiel 16:16 - You used some of your clothes to make high places colorful. That is where people worshiped other gods. You were a prostitute there. You went to your lover and he took your beauty.
Ezekiel 16:17 - I had given you fine jewelry. It was made out of gold and silver. You used it to make for yourself statues of male gods. You worshiped those gods. You were not faithful to me.
Ezekiel 16:18 - You put your beautiful clothes on them. You offered my oil and incense to them.
Ezekiel 16:19 - You also offered them food. It was made out of olive oil, honey and the finest flour. I had given it to you to eat. You offered it as sweet-smelling incense to them. That is what you did,” announces the Lord and King.
Ezekiel 16:20 - “ ‘ “Then you took your sons and daughters who belonged to me. And you sacrificed them as food to other gods. Wasn’t it enough for you to be a prostitute?
Ezekiel 16:21 - You killed my children. You sacrificed them to other gods.
Ezekiel 16:22 - You did not remember the days when you were young. At that time you were completely naked. You were kicking around in your blood. But now you have done evil things. I hate them. You have worshiped other gods. You have not been faithful to me.
Ezekiel 16:23 - “ ‘ “How terrible it will be for you!” announces the Lord and King. “How terrible for you! You continued to sin against me.
Ezekiel 16:24 - Your people built up mounds for themselves in every market. They put little places of worship on them.
Ezekiel 16:25 - They set them up at every street corner. Jerusalem, you misused your beauty. You offered your body to anyone who passed by. You did it again and again.
Ezekiel 16:26 - You committed shameful acts with the people of Egypt. They were your neighbors who were ready to have sex with you. You offered yourself to them again and again. That made me very angry.
Ezekiel 16:27 - So I reached out my powerful hand against you. I made your territory smaller. I handed you over to your Philistine enemies. The people in their towns were shocked by your impure conduct.
Ezekiel 16:28 - You also committed shameful acts with the people of Assyria. Nothing ever seemed to satisfy you. You could never get enough.
Ezekiel 16:29 - Then you offered yourself to the people of Babylon. But that did not satisfy you either. There are many traders in the land of Babylon.
Ezekiel 16:30 - “ ‘ “I am filled with great anger against you,” announces the Lord and King. “Just look at all the things you are doing! You are acting like a prostitute who has no shame at all.
Ezekiel 16:31 - Your people built up mounds at every street corner. You put little places of worship on them in every market. But you did not really act like a prostitute. That’s because you refused to let your lovers pay you anything.
Ezekiel 16:32 - “ ‘ “You unfaithful wife! You would rather be with strangers than with your own husband!
Ezekiel 16:33 - Every prostitute receives gifts. Instead, you give gifts to all your lovers. You offer them money to come to you from everywhere. You want them to sleep with you. You are not faithful to me.
Ezekiel 16:34 - As a prostitute, you are the opposite of others. No one runs after you to sleep with you. You are exactly the opposite. You pay them. They do not pay you.” ’ ”
Ezekiel 16:35 - You prostitute, listen to the Lord’s message.
Ezekiel 16:36 - The Lord and King says, “You poured out your desire on your lovers. You took off your clothing and slept with them. You did it again and again. You worshiped other gods. I hate them. You even sacrificed your children to them.
Ezekiel 16:37 - So I am going to gather together all the lovers you found pleasure with. They include those you loved and those you hated. I will gather them against you from everywhere. I will take your clothes off right in front of them. Then they will see you completely naked.
Ezekiel 16:38 - I will hand down my sentence against you. You will be punished like women who commit adultery and sacrifice their children to other gods. I am so angry with you. So I will sentence you to death for everything you have done.
Ezekiel 16:39 - Then I will hand you over to your lovers. They will tear down those mounds you built. They will destroy the little places of worship you put on them. They will take your clothes off. They will remove your fine jewelry. And they will leave you completely naked.
Ezekiel 16:40 - They will bring a crowd against you. The crowd will put you to death by throwing stones at you. And they will chop you to pieces with their swords.
Ezekiel 16:41 - They will burn down your houses and punish you. Many women will see it. I will not let you be a prostitute anymore. You will no longer pay your lovers.
Ezekiel 16:42 - Then my great anger against you will die down. My jealous anger will turn away from you. I will be calm. I will not be angry anymore.
Ezekiel 16:43 - “You did not remember the days when you were young. The things you did made me very angry. So anything that happens to you will be your own fault,” announces the Lord and King. “You added impure conduct to all the other evil things you did. I hate all those things.
Ezekiel 16:44 - “All those who use proverbs will use this one about you. They will say, ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
Ezekiel 16:45 - You are a true daughter of your mother. She hated her husband and children. And you are a true sister of your sisters. They hated their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite. Your father was an Amorite.
Ezekiel 16:46 - Your older sister was Samaria. She lived north of you with her daughters. Your younger sister was Sodom. She lived south of you with her daughters.
Ezekiel 16:47 - You lived exactly the way they did. You copied their evil practices. I hate those practices. Everything you did was so sinful that you soon became even worse than they were.
Ezekiel 16:48 - Your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done. And that is just as sure as I am alive,” announces the Lord and King.
Ezekiel 16:49 - “Here is the sin your sister Sodom committed. She and her daughters were proud. They ate too much. They were not concerned about others. They did not help those who were poor and in need.
Ezekiel 16:50 - They were very proud. They did many things that were evil in my eyes. I hated those things. So I got rid of Sodom and her daughters, just as you have seen.
Ezekiel 16:51 - Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You sinned even more than they did. I hate those sins. Compared to what you did, you made your sisters seem godly.
Ezekiel 16:52 - So you will be dishonored. You have given your sisters an excuse for what they did. Your sins were far worse than theirs. In fact, your sisters appear to be more godly than you. So then, be ashamed. You will be dishonored. You have made them appear to be godly.
Ezekiel 16:53 - “I will not only give you back what you had before. I will also do the same thing for Sodom and her daughters. And I will do the same for Samaria and her daughters.
Ezekiel 16:54 - That will make you feel dishonored. You will be ashamed of everything you have done. You have made them feel better because you sinned more and were punished more than they were.
Ezekiel 16:55 - Your sisters Sodom and Samaria and their daughters will return to what they were before. And you and your daughters will return to what you were before.
Ezekiel 16:56 - In the past you would not even mention your sister Sodom. You were proud at that time.
Ezekiel 16:57 - That was before your sin was uncovered. Now the daughters of Edom make fun of you. So do all her neighbors and the daughters of the Philistines. Everyone who lives around you hates you.
Ezekiel 16:58 - You will be punished for your impure conduct. I will also punish you for the other evil things you have done. I hate all those things,” announces the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:59 - The Lord and King says, “I will punish you in keeping with what you have done. I sealed with a promise the covenant I made with you. You hated that promise. And you broke my covenant.
Ezekiel 16:60 - But I will remember my covenant with you. I made it with you when you were young. Now I will make a new covenant with you. It will last forever.
Ezekiel 16:61 - Then you will remember how you have lived. You will be ashamed when I give you Samaria and Sodom. Samaria is your older sister. Sodom is your younger one. I will give them and their daughters to you as daughters. That can’t happen based on my old covenant with you.
Ezekiel 16:62 - So I will make my new covenant with you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:63 - I will pay for all the sins you have committed. Then you will remember what you have done. You will be ashamed of it. Because of your shame, you will never speak against me again,” announces the Lord and King.
Psalm 50:21 - When you did these things, I kept silent. So you thought I was just like you. But now I’m going to bring you to court. I will bring charges against you.
Psalm 36:2 - They praise themselves so much that they can’t see their sin or hate it.
Esther 8:16 - The Jews were filled with joy and happiness. They were very glad because now they were being honored.
Ezekiel 23:1 - A message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said,
Ezekiel 23:2 - “Son of man, once there were two women. They had the same mother.
Ezekiel 23:3 - They became prostitutes in Egypt. They have been unfaithful to me since they were young. In that land they allowed their breasts to be touched. They permitted their virgin breasts to be kissed.
Ezekiel 23:4 - The older sister was named Oholah. The younger one was Oholibah. They belonged to me. Sons and daughters were born to them. Oholah stands for Samaria. And Oholibah stands for Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 23:5 - “Oholah was unfaithful to me even while she still belonged to me. She longed for her Assyrian lovers. They included soldiers
Ezekiel 23:6 - who wore blue uniforms. They also included governors and commanders. All of them were young and handsome. They rode horses.
Ezekiel 23:7 - She gave herself as a prostitute to all Assyria’s finest warriors. She made herself impure with the statues of the gods of everyone she longed for.
Ezekiel 23:8 - She started being a prostitute in Egypt. And she never stopped. When she was young, men had sex with her. They kissed her virgin breasts. They used up all their sinful desires on her.
Ezekiel 23:9 - “So I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers. She longed for them.
Ezekiel 23:10 - They stripped her naked. They took away her sons and daughters. And they killed her with their swords. Other women laughed when that happened. I was the one who had punished her.
Ezekiel 23:11 - “Her sister Oholibah saw it. But her evil desire for sexual sin was worse than her sister’s.
Ezekiel 23:12 - She too longed for the men of Assyria. They included governors and commanders. They included soldiers who wore fancy uniforms. They also included men who rode horses. All of them were young and handsome.
Ezekiel 23:13 - I saw that she too made herself impure. So both sisters did the same evil things.
Ezekiel 23:14 - “But Oholibah went even further with her sexual sins. She saw pictures of men drawn on a wall. They were figures of Babylonians drawn in red.
Ezekiel 23:15 - They had belts around their waists. They wore flowing turbans on their heads. All of them looked like Babylonian chariot officers. They were from the land of the Chaldeans.
Ezekiel 23:16 - As soon as she saw the pictures, she longed for the men. So she sent messengers to them in Babylon.
Ezekiel 23:17 - Then the Babylonians came to her. They went to bed with her. They had sex with her. They made her impure when they had sex with her. After they did it, she became sick of them. So she turned away from them.
Ezekiel 23:18 - She acted like a prostitute who had no shame at all. She openly showed her naked body. I became sick of what she was doing. So I turned away from her. I had also turned away from her sister.
Ezekiel 23:19 - But Oholibah offered her body to her lovers again and again. She remembered the days when she was a young prostitute in Egypt.
Ezekiel 23:20 - There she had longed for her lovers. Their private parts seemed as big as those of donkeys. And their flow of semen appeared to be as much as that of horses.
Ezekiel 23:21 - So you wanted to return to the days when you were young. You longed for the time when you first became impure in Egypt. That was when you allowed your breasts to be kissed. And you permitted your young breasts to be touched.”
Ezekiel 23:22 - So the Lord and King says, “Oholibah, I will stir up your lovers against you. You became sick of them. You turned away from them. But I will bring them against you from every side.
Ezekiel 23:23 - They include the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans. They include the men from Pekod, Shoa and Koa. They also include all the Assyrians. They are young and handsome. Some of them are governors and commanders. Others are chariot officers. Still others are very high officials. All of them ride horses.
Ezekiel 23:24 - So a huge army will come against you with weapons, chariots and wagons. They will take up positions against you on every side. They will carry large and small shields. They will wear helmets. I will turn you over to them to be punished. They will punish you in their own way.
Ezekiel 23:25 - I will pour out my jealous anger on you. And the army’s anger will burn against you. They will cut off your noses and ears. Some of you who are left will be killed by swords. They will take away your sons and daughters. Others of you who are left will be burned up.
Ezekiel 23:26 - The army will also strip off your clothes. They will take your fine jewelry away from you.
Ezekiel 23:27 - You became an impure prostitute in Egypt. But I will put a stop to all of that. You will no longer want to do any of it. You will not remember Egypt anymore.”
Ezekiel 23:28 - The Lord and King says, “I am about to hand you over to people you hate. You became sick of them. You turned away from them.
Ezekiel 23:29 - They will punish you because they hate you so much. They will take away from you everything you have worked for. They will leave you completely naked. Then everyone will see that you are a prostitute who has no shame at all. You were impure. You offered your body to your lovers again and again.
Ezekiel 23:30 - That is why you will be punished. You longed for lovers in other nations. You made yourself impure by worshiping their gods.
Ezekiel 23:31 - You did the same things your sister Oholah did. So I will put her cup in your hand. It is filled with the wine of my anger.”
Ezekiel 23:32 - The Lord and King says to Oholibah, “You will drink from your sister’s cup. It is large and deep. It is filled with the wine of my anger. So others will laugh at you. They will make fun of you.
Ezekiel 23:33 - You will become drunk and sad. The cup of my anger will completely destroy you. It is the same cup your sister Samaria drank from.
Ezekiel 23:34 - You will drink from it until it is empty. Then you will chew on its pieces. And you will claw at your breasts. I have spoken,” announces the Lord and King.
Ezekiel 23:35 - So the Lord and King says, “You have forgotten me. You have turned your back on me. You have been impure. You have acted like a prostitute. So I will punish you.”
Ezekiel 23:36 - The Lord said to me, “Son of man, are you going to judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then tell them they have done many evil things. I hate those things.
Ezekiel 23:37 - They have committed adultery. Their hands are covered with the blood of the people they have murdered. They have worshiped other gods. They have not been faithful to me. They have even sacrificed their children as food to other gods. Those children belonged to me.
Ezekiel 23:38 - Here are some other things the sisters have done to me. They have made my temple ‘unclean.’ They have misused my Sabbath days.
Ezekiel 23:39 - They have sacrificed their children to their gods. On that same day they entered my temple and made it ‘unclean.’ That is what they have done in my house.
Ezekiel 23:40 - “They even sent messengers to bring men from far away. When the men arrived, Oholibah took a bath. She put makeup on her eyes. She put her jewelry on.
Ezekiel 23:41 - She sat down on a beautiful couch. A table was in front of it. There she put the incense and olive oil that belonged to me.
Ezekiel 23:42 - “The noise of a carefree crowd was all around her. Men who drink too much were brought from the desert. Other men were brought along with them. They put bracelets on the wrists of the two sisters. They put beautiful crowns on their heads.
Ezekiel 23:43 - Then I spoke about Oholibah. She was worn out by adultery. I said, ‘Let them use her as a prostitute. After all, that is what she is.’
Ezekiel 23:44 - So they slept with her. In fact, they slept with both of these impure women, Oholah and Oholibah. They slept with them just as men sleep with prostitutes.
Ezekiel 23:45 - But judges who are right with God will sentence the sisters to be punished. They will be punished in the same way as women who commit adultery and murder. After all, they have committed adultery. And their hands are covered with the blood of the people they have murdered.”
Ezekiel 23:46 - The Lord and King says, “Bring an angry crowd against the sisters. Hand them over to those who will terrify them and steal everything they have.
Ezekiel 23:47 - The crowd will kill them by throwing stones at them. They will use swords to cut them down. They will kill their sons and daughters. And they will burn down their houses.
Ezekiel 23:48 - “So I will put an end to impurity in the land. Then all its women will be warned. They will not want to be like the sisters.
Ezekiel 23:49 - Those sisters will be punished because of the impure things they have done. They will be judged because they have worshiped other gods. Then they will know that I am the Lord and King.”
Jeremiah 9:14 - Instead, they have done what their stubborn hearts wanted them to do. They have worshiped the gods that are named Baal. They have done what their people have taught them to do through the years.”
Luke 10:29 - But the man wanted to make himself look good. So he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Isaiah 57:5 - You burn with sinful desire among the oak trees. You worship your gods under every green tree. You sacrifice your children in the valleys. You also do it under the cliffs.
Isaiah 57:6 - You have chosen some of the smooth stones in the valleys to be your gods. You have joined yourselves to them. You have even poured out drink offerings to them. You have given grain offerings to them. So why should I take pity on you?
Proverbs 28:13 - Anyone who hides their sins doesn’t succeed. But anyone who admits their sins and gives them up finds mercy.
Romans 3:19 - What the law says, it says to those who are ruled by the law. Its purpose is to shut every mouth and make the whole world accountable to God.
Jeremiah 2:33 - You are very skilled at chasing after love! Even the worst of women can learn from how you act.
Jeremiah 2:34 - The blood of those you have killed is on your clothes. You have destroyed poor people who were not guilty. You did not catch them in the act of breaking in. In spite of all this,
Jeremiah 2:35 - you say, ‘I’m not guilty of doing anything wrong. The Lord isn’t angry with me.’ But I will judge you. That’s because you say, ‘I haven’t sinned.’
Proverbs 30:20 - “This is the way of a woman who commits adultery. She eats and wipes her mouth. Then she says, ‘I haven’t done anything wrong.’
Jeremiah 31:22 - How long will you wander, my people Israel, who are not faithful to me? I will create a new thing on earth. The woman will return to the man.”
Jeremiah 3:2 - “Look up at the bare hilltops. Is there any place where you have not worshiped other gods? You have been unfaithful to me like a wife committing adultery. By the side of the road you sat waiting for lovers. You sat there like someone who wanders in the desert. You have made the land impure. You are like a sinful prostitute.
Revelation 3:17 - You say, “I am rich. I’ve become wealthy and don’t need anything.” But you don’t realize how pitiful and miserable you have become. You are poor, blind and naked.
Revelation 3:18 - So here’s my advice. Buy from me gold made pure by fire. Then you will become rich. Buy from me white clothes to wear. Then you will be able to cover the shame of your naked bodies. And buy from me healing lotion to put on your eyes. Then you will be able to see.
1 Samuel 15:13 - When Samuel got there, Saul said, “May the Lord bless you. I’ve done what he directed me to do.”
1 Samuel 15:14 - But Samuel said, “Then why do I hear the baaing of sheep? Why do I hear the mooing of cattle?”
Proverbs 30:12 - Some are pure in their own eyes. But their dirty sins haven’t been washed away.
Jeremiah 7:31 - The people have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. There they worship other gods. And there they sacrifice their children in the fire. That is something I did not command. It did not even enter my mind.

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Cross Reference

New International Reader's Version - “You say, ‘I am “clean.” I haven’t followed the gods that are named Baal.’ How can you say that? Remember how you acted in the valley. Consider what you have done. You are like a female camel running quickly here and there.
新标点和合本 - 你怎能说： ‘我没有玷污、没有随从众巴力’？你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱走。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你怎能说： ‘我没有玷污，没有随从巴力’？看看你在谷中所做的，思想你自己的所作所为；你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱闯。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你怎能说： ‘我没有玷污，没有随从巴力’？看看你在谷中所做的，思想你自己的所作所为；你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱闯。
当代译本 - “你怎能说， ‘我没有玷污自己，也没有随从巴力’？看看你在山谷中的行径，想想你的所作所为。你是一只烦躁不安的母骆驼，跑来跑去。
圣经新译本 - “你怎么能说：‘我没有玷污自己，未曾跟从过巴力’呢？看看你在谷中的行径，想想你所作过的！简直像快捷的小雌驼，在路上乱闯；
现代标点和合本 - “你怎能说 ‘我没有玷污，没有随从众巴力’？你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱走。
和合本（拼音版） - 你怎能说： ‘我没有玷污，没有随从众巴力’？你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱走；
New International Version - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? See how you behaved in the valley; consider what you have done. You are a swift she-camel running here and there,
English Standard Version - How can you say, ‘I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done— a restless young camel running here and there,
New Living Translation - “You say, ‘That’s not true! I haven’t worshiped the images of Baal!’ But how can you say that? Go and look in any valley in the land! Face the awful sins you have done. You are like a restless female camel desperately searching for a mate.
The Message - “How dare you tell me, ‘I’m not stained by sin. I’ve never chased after the Baal sex gods’! Well, look at the tracks you’ve left behind in the valley. How do you account for what is written in the desert dust— Tracks of a camel in heat, running this way and that, tracks of a wild donkey in rut, Sniffing the wind for the slightest scent of sex. Who could possibly corral her! On the hunt for sex, sex, and more sex— insatiable, indiscriminate, promiscuous.
Christian Standard Bible - How can you protest, “I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals”? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young camel twisting and turning on her way,
New American Standard Bible - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley! Know what you have done! You are a swift young camel running about senselessly on her ways,
New King James Version - “How can you say, ‘I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley; Know what you have done: You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
Amplified Bible - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after [man-made gods like] the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley; Know [without any doubt] what you have done! You are a swift and restless young [female] camel [in the heat of her passion] running here and there,
American Standard Version - How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
King James Version - How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
New English Translation - “How can you say, ‘I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.’ Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.
World English Bible - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
新標點和合本 - 你怎能說：我沒有玷污、沒有隨從眾巴力？你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。你是快行的獨峯駝，狂奔亂走。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你怎能說：『我沒有玷污，沒有隨從巴力』？看看你在谷中所做的，思想你自己的所作所為；你是快行的獨峯駝，狂奔亂闖。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你怎能說：『我沒有玷污，沒有隨從巴力』？看看你在谷中所做的，思想你自己的所作所為；你是快行的獨峯駝，狂奔亂闖。
當代譯本 - 「你怎能說，『我沒有玷污自己，也沒有隨從巴力』？看看你在山谷中的行徑，想想你的所作所為。你是一隻煩躁不安的母駱駝，跑來跑去。
聖經新譯本 - “你怎麼能說：‘我沒有玷污自己，未曾跟從過巴力’呢？看看你在谷中的行徑，想想你所作過的！簡直像快捷的小雌駝，在路上亂闖；
呂振中譯本 - 你怎能說：「我沒有被沾污，我沒有隨從眾巴力」呢？看你的路在平谷中，就知道你所作的是甚麼—— 嘿，一隻迅速輕快的獨峰駝！狂奔亂闖，跑道交錯！
現代標點和合本 - 「你怎能說『我沒有玷汙，沒有隨從眾巴力』？你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。你是快行的獨峰駝，狂奔亂走。
文理和合譯本 - 爾安得曰、我未染污衊、未從巴力乎、觀爾在谷之途、則知爾之所為、爾若捷足孤峯之駝、馳行其路、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾豈得曰、不染污衊、未從巴力乎。爾於谷中所行、爾自知之、如牝駱駝、相誘以風、馳逐遠去。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾豈可曰、我不染污穢、未從巴力、惟觀爾於谷中所行、當自知所為、爾若足疾之牝駝、狂奔亂馳、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »¿Cómo puedes decir: “No me he contaminado, ni me he ido tras los baales”? ¡Considera tu conducta en el valle! ¡Reconoce lo que has hecho! ¡Camella ligera de cascos, que no puedes quedarte quieta!
현대인의 성경 - 네가 어떻게 자신을 더럽히지 않고 바알을 섬기지 않았다고 말할 수 있느냐? 골짜기에 있는 길을 보아라. 네가 행한 일을 알게 될 것이다. 너는 정신 없이 이리저리 뛰어다니는 암낙타 같고
Новый Русский Перевод - Как ты можешь говорить: «Я не осквернилась, я не ходила вслед Баалам»? Посмотри, как вела ты себя в долине, подумай о том, что сделала. Ты – норовистая верблюдица, мечущаяся из стороны в сторону,
Восточный перевод - Как ты можешь говорить: «Я не осквернилась, я не поклонялась статуям Баала»? Посмотри, как вела ты себя в долине, подумай о том, что сделала. Ты – норовистая верблюдица, мечущаяся из стороны в сторону,
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Как ты можешь говорить: «Я не осквернилась, я не поклонялась статуям Баала»? Посмотри, как вела ты себя в долине, подумай о том, что сделала. Ты – норовистая верблюдица, мечущаяся из стороны в сторону,
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Как ты можешь говорить: «Я не осквернилась, я не поклонялась статуям Баала»? Посмотри, как вела ты себя в долине, подумай о том, что сделала. Ты – норовистая верблюдица, мечущаяся из стороны в сторону,
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Comment oses-tu dire : ╵« Je ne me suis jamais souillée, je ne suis pas allée ╵après les Baals » ? Va observer dans la vallée ╵les traces de tes pas ! Reconnais ce que tu as fait, chamelle écervelée, ╵qui vagabonde ╵dans tous les sens,
リビングバイブル - 「それでもなお、そんなはずはない、偶像を拝んだ覚えなどない、と言いはるのか。なぜ、そんなことが言えるのか。試しに、この国のどの谷へでも行ってみよ。必死に雄を探し求める雌のらくだよ、おまえの犯した恐ろしい罪を直視せよ。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Como você pode dizer que não se contaminou e que não correu atrás dos baalins? Reveja o seu procedimento no vale e considere o que você tem feito. Você é como uma camela jovem e arisca que corre para todos os lados;
Hoffnung für alle - Wie kannst du da behaupten: ›Ich habe nichts getan! Niemals bin ich anderen Göttern nachgelaufen‹? Führ dir doch vor Augen, was du da unten im Hinnomtal treibst, denk über deine Taten nach! Du bist wie eine brünstige Kamelstute, die ständig hin und her läuft,
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Ngươi dám nói: ‘Tôi đâu bị ô uế! Tôi đâu có thờ lạy thần tượng Ba-anh!’ Nhưng sao ngươi có thể nói vậy? Hãy đi và nhìn vào bất cứ thung lũng nào trên đất! Hãy đối diện với tội lỗi ghê rợn ngươi đã làm. Ngươi giống như lạc đà cái nhảy tung tăng liều mạng tìm kiếm người bạn đời.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “เจ้าพูดออกมาได้อย่างไรว่า ‘ข้าไม่มีมลทิน ข้าไม่ได้วิ่งตามพระบาอัล’? ก็ดูสิว่าเจ้าได้ประพฤติตัวอย่างไร จงพิจารณาดูสิ่งที่เจ้าทำในหุบเขานั้น เจ้าเป็นอูฐตัวเมียที่อยู่ไม่สุข วิ่งพล่านไปนั่นไปนี่
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “เจ้าพูดได้อย่างไรว่า ‘ข้าพเจ้าไม่มีมลทิน ข้าพเจ้าไม่ได้นมัสการเทพเจ้าบาอัล’ ดูวิถีทางของเจ้าในหุบเขาสิ เจ้ารู้ว่าเจ้าได้ทำอะไรไปบ้าง เหมือนกับอูฐสาวที่วิ่งไปวิ่งมา

Genesis 3:12 - The man said, “It’s the fault of the woman you put here with me. She gave me some fruit from the tree. And I ate it.”
Genesis 3:13 - Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent tricked me. That’s why I ate the fruit.”
Ezekiel 16:1 - A message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said,
Ezekiel 16:2 - “Son of man, tell the people of Jerusalem the evil things they have done. I hate those things.
Ezekiel 16:3 - Tell them, ‘The Lord and King speaks to Jerusalem. He says, “Your history in the land of Canaan goes back a long way. Your father was an Amorite. Your mother was a Hittite.
Ezekiel 16:4 - On the day you were born your cord was not cut. You were not washed with water to clean you up. You were not rubbed with salt. And you were not wrapped in large strips of cloth.
Ezekiel 16:5 - No one took pity on you. No one was concerned enough to do any of these things for you. Instead, you were thrown out into an open field. You were hated on the day you were born.
Ezekiel 16:6 - “ ‘ “I was passing by. I saw you kicking around in your blood. As you were lying there, I said to you, ‘Live!’
Ezekiel 16:7 - I made you grow like a plant in a field. Soon you had grown up. You became a young adult. Your breasts had formed. Your hair had grown. But you were completely naked.
Ezekiel 16:8 - “ ‘ “Later, I was passing by again. I looked at you. I saw that you were old enough for love. So I married you and took good care of you. I covered your naked body. I made a firm promise to you. I entered into a covenant with you. And you became mine,” announces the Lord and King.
Ezekiel 16:9 - “ ‘ “I bathed you with water. I washed the blood off you. And I put lotions on you.
Ezekiel 16:10 - I put a beautiful dress on you. I gave you sandals made out of fine leather. I dressed you in fine linen. I covered you with expensive clothes.
Ezekiel 16:11 - I decorated you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your arms. I gave you a necklace for your neck.
Ezekiel 16:12 - I put rings on your nose and ears. And I gave you a beautiful crown for your head.
Ezekiel 16:13 - So you were decorated with gold and silver. Your clothes were made out of fine linen. They were made out of expensive and beautiful cloth. Your food was made out of honey, olive oil and the finest flour. You became very beautiful. You became a queen.
Ezekiel 16:14 - You were so beautiful that your fame spread among the nations. The glory I had given you made your beauty perfect,” announces the Lord and King.
Ezekiel 16:15 - “ ‘ “But you trusted in your beauty. You used your fame to become a prostitute. You offered your body freely to anyone who passed by. In fact, you gave yourself to anyone who wanted you.
Ezekiel 16:16 - You used some of your clothes to make high places colorful. That is where people worshiped other gods. You were a prostitute there. You went to your lover and he took your beauty.
Ezekiel 16:17 - I had given you fine jewelry. It was made out of gold and silver. You used it to make for yourself statues of male gods. You worshiped those gods. You were not faithful to me.
Ezekiel 16:18 - You put your beautiful clothes on them. You offered my oil and incense to them.
Ezekiel 16:19 - You also offered them food. It was made out of olive oil, honey and the finest flour. I had given it to you to eat. You offered it as sweet-smelling incense to them. That is what you did,” announces the Lord and King.
Ezekiel 16:20 - “ ‘ “Then you took your sons and daughters who belonged to me. And you sacrificed them as food to other gods. Wasn’t it enough for you to be a prostitute?
Ezekiel 16:21 - You killed my children. You sacrificed them to other gods.
Ezekiel 16:22 - You did not remember the days when you were young. At that time you were completely naked. You were kicking around in your blood. But now you have done evil things. I hate them. You have worshiped other gods. You have not been faithful to me.
Ezekiel 16:23 - “ ‘ “How terrible it will be for you!” announces the Lord and King. “How terrible for you! You continued to sin against me.
Ezekiel 16:24 - Your people built up mounds for themselves in every market. They put little places of worship on them.
Ezekiel 16:25 - They set them up at every street corner. Jerusalem, you misused your beauty. You offered your body to anyone who passed by. You did it again and again.
Ezekiel 16:26 - You committed shameful acts with the people of Egypt. They were your neighbors who were ready to have sex with you. You offered yourself to them again and again. That made me very angry.
Ezekiel 16:27 - So I reached out my powerful hand against you. I made your territory smaller. I handed you over to your Philistine enemies. The people in their towns were shocked by your impure conduct.
Ezekiel 16:28 - You also committed shameful acts with the people of Assyria. Nothing ever seemed to satisfy you. You could never get enough.
Ezekiel 16:29 - Then you offered yourself to the people of Babylon. But that did not satisfy you either. There are many traders in the land of Babylon.
Ezekiel 16:30 - “ ‘ “I am filled with great anger against you,” announces the Lord and King. “Just look at all the things you are doing! You are acting like a prostitute who has no shame at all.
Ezekiel 16:31 - Your people built up mounds at every street corner. You put little places of worship on them in every market. But you did not really act like a prostitute. That’s because you refused to let your lovers pay you anything.
Ezekiel 16:32 - “ ‘ “You unfaithful wife! You would rather be with strangers than with your own husband!
Ezekiel 16:33 - Every prostitute receives gifts. Instead, you give gifts to all your lovers. You offer them money to come to you from everywhere. You want them to sleep with you. You are not faithful to me.
Ezekiel 16:34 - As a prostitute, you are the opposite of others. No one runs after you to sleep with you. You are exactly the opposite. You pay them. They do not pay you.” ’ ”
Ezekiel 16:35 - You prostitute, listen to the Lord’s message.
Ezekiel 16:36 - The Lord and King says, “You poured out your desire on your lovers. You took off your clothing and slept with them. You did it again and again. You worshiped other gods. I hate them. You even sacrificed your children to them.
Ezekiel 16:37 - So I am going to gather together all the lovers you found pleasure with. They include those you loved and those you hated. I will gather them against you from everywhere. I will take your clothes off right in front of them. Then they will see you completely naked.
Ezekiel 16:38 - I will hand down my sentence against you. You will be punished like women who commit adultery and sacrifice their children to other gods. I am so angry with you. So I will sentence you to death for everything you have done.
Ezekiel 16:39 - Then I will hand you over to your lovers. They will tear down those mounds you built. They will destroy the little places of worship you put on them. They will take your clothes off. They will remove your fine jewelry. And they will leave you completely naked.
Ezekiel 16:40 - They will bring a crowd against you. The crowd will put you to death by throwing stones at you. And they will chop you to pieces with their swords.
Ezekiel 16:41 - They will burn down your houses and punish you. Many women will see it. I will not let you be a prostitute anymore. You will no longer pay your lovers.
Ezekiel 16:42 - Then my great anger against you will die down. My jealous anger will turn away from you. I will be calm. I will not be angry anymore.
Ezekiel 16:43 - “You did not remember the days when you were young. The things you did made me very angry. So anything that happens to you will be your own fault,” announces the Lord and King. “You added impure conduct to all the other evil things you did. I hate all those things.
Ezekiel 16:44 - “All those who use proverbs will use this one about you. They will say, ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
Ezekiel 16:45 - You are a true daughter of your mother. She hated her husband and children. And you are a true sister of your sisters. They hated their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite. Your father was an Amorite.
Ezekiel 16:46 - Your older sister was Samaria. She lived north of you with her daughters. Your younger sister was Sodom. She lived south of you with her daughters.
Ezekiel 16:47 - You lived exactly the way they did. You copied their evil practices. I hate those practices. Everything you did was so sinful that you soon became even worse than they were.
Ezekiel 16:48 - Your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done. And that is just as sure as I am alive,” announces the Lord and King.
Ezekiel 16:49 - “Here is the sin your sister Sodom committed. She and her daughters were proud. They ate too much. They were not concerned about others. They did not help those who were poor and in need.
Ezekiel 16:50 - They were very proud. They did many things that were evil in my eyes. I hated those things. So I got rid of Sodom and her daughters, just as you have seen.
Ezekiel 16:51 - Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You sinned even more than they did. I hate those sins. Compared to what you did, you made your sisters seem godly.
Ezekiel 16:52 - So you will be dishonored. You have given your sisters an excuse for what they did. Your sins were far worse than theirs. In fact, your sisters appear to be more godly than you. So then, be ashamed. You will be dishonored. You have made them appear to be godly.
Ezekiel 16:53 - “I will not only give you back what you had before. I will also do the same thing for Sodom and her daughters. And I will do the same for Samaria and her daughters.
Ezekiel 16:54 - That will make you feel dishonored. You will be ashamed of everything you have done. You have made them feel better because you sinned more and were punished more than they were.
Ezekiel 16:55 - Your sisters Sodom and Samaria and their daughters will return to what they were before. And you and your daughters will return to what you were before.
Ezekiel 16:56 - In the past you would not even mention your sister Sodom. You were proud at that time.
Ezekiel 16:57 - That was before your sin was uncovered. Now the daughters of Edom make fun of you. So do all her neighbors and the daughters of the Philistines. Everyone who lives around you hates you.
Ezekiel 16:58 - You will be punished for your impure conduct. I will also punish you for the other evil things you have done. I hate all those things,” announces the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:59 - The Lord and King says, “I will punish you in keeping with what you have done. I sealed with a promise the covenant I made with you. You hated that promise. And you broke my covenant.
Ezekiel 16:60 - But I will remember my covenant with you. I made it with you when you were young. Now I will make a new covenant with you. It will last forever.
Ezekiel 16:61 - Then you will remember how you have lived. You will be ashamed when I give you Samaria and Sodom. Samaria is your older sister. Sodom is your younger one. I will give them and their daughters to you as daughters. That can’t happen based on my old covenant with you.
Ezekiel 16:62 - So I will make my new covenant with you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:63 - I will pay for all the sins you have committed. Then you will remember what you have done. You will be ashamed of it. Because of your shame, you will never speak against me again,” announces the Lord and King.
Psalm 50:21 - When you did these things, I kept silent. So you thought I was just like you. But now I’m going to bring you to court. I will bring charges against you.
Psalm 36:2 - They praise themselves so much that they can’t see their sin or hate it.
Esther 8:16 - The Jews were filled with joy and happiness. They were very glad because now they were being honored.
Ezekiel 23:1 - A message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said,
Ezekiel 23:2 - “Son of man, once there were two women. They had the same mother.
Ezekiel 23:3 - They became prostitutes in Egypt. They have been unfaithful to me since they were young. In that land they allowed their breasts to be touched. They permitted their virgin breasts to be kissed.
Ezekiel 23:4 - The older sister was named Oholah. The younger one was Oholibah. They belonged to me. Sons and daughters were born to them. Oholah stands for Samaria. And Oholibah stands for Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 23:5 - “Oholah was unfaithful to me even while she still belonged to me. She longed for her Assyrian lovers. They included soldiers
Ezekiel 23:6 - who wore blue uniforms. They also included governors and commanders. All of them were young and handsome. They rode horses.
Ezekiel 23:7 - She gave herself as a prostitute to all Assyria’s finest warriors. She made herself impure with the statues of the gods of everyone she longed for.
Ezekiel 23:8 - She started being a prostitute in Egypt. And she never stopped. When she was young, men had sex with her. They kissed her virgin breasts. They used up all their sinful desires on her.
Ezekiel 23:9 - “So I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers. She longed for them.
Ezekiel 23:10 - They stripped her naked. They took away her sons and daughters. And they killed her with their swords. Other women laughed when that happened. I was the one who had punished her.
Ezekiel 23:11 - “Her sister Oholibah saw it. But her evil desire for sexual sin was worse than her sister’s.
Ezekiel 23:12 - She too longed for the men of Assyria. They included governors and commanders. They included soldiers who wore fancy uniforms. They also included men who rode horses. All of them were young and handsome.
Ezekiel 23:13 - I saw that she too made herself impure. So both sisters did the same evil things.
Ezekiel 23:14 - “But Oholibah went even further with her sexual sins. She saw pictures of men drawn on a wall. They were figures of Babylonians drawn in red.
Ezekiel 23:15 - They had belts around their waists. They wore flowing turbans on their heads. All of them looked like Babylonian chariot officers. They were from the land of the Chaldeans.
Ezekiel 23:16 - As soon as she saw the pictures, she longed for the men. So she sent messengers to them in Babylon.
Ezekiel 23:17 - Then the Babylonians came to her. They went to bed with her. They had sex with her. They made her impure when they had sex with her. After they did it, she became sick of them. So she turned away from them.
Ezekiel 23:18 - She acted like a prostitute who had no shame at all. She openly showed her naked body. I became sick of what she was doing. So I turned away from her. I had also turned away from her sister.
Ezekiel 23:19 - But Oholibah offered her body to her lovers again and again. She remembered the days when she was a young prostitute in Egypt.
Ezekiel 23:20 - There she had longed for her lovers. Their private parts seemed as big as those of donkeys. And their flow of semen appeared to be as much as that of horses.
Ezekiel 23:21 - So you wanted to return to the days when you were young. You longed for the time when you first became impure in Egypt. That was when you allowed your breasts to be kissed. And you permitted your young breasts to be touched.”
Ezekiel 23:22 - So the Lord and King says, “Oholibah, I will stir up your lovers against you. You became sick of them. You turned away from them. But I will bring them against you from every side.
Ezekiel 23:23 - They include the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans. They include the men from Pekod, Shoa and Koa. They also include all the Assyrians. They are young and handsome. Some of them are governors and commanders. Others are chariot officers. Still others are very high officials. All of them ride horses.
Ezekiel 23:24 - So a huge army will come against you with weapons, chariots and wagons. They will take up positions against you on every side. They will carry large and small shields. They will wear helmets. I will turn you over to them to be punished. They will punish you in their own way.
Ezekiel 23:25 - I will pour out my jealous anger on you. And the army’s anger will burn against you. They will cut off your noses and ears. Some of you who are left will be killed by swords. They will take away your sons and daughters. Others of you who are left will be burned up.
Ezekiel 23:26 - The army will also strip off your clothes. They will take your fine jewelry away from you.
Ezekiel 23:27 - You became an impure prostitute in Egypt. But I will put a stop to all of that. You will no longer want to do any of it. You will not remember Egypt anymore.”
Ezekiel 23:28 - The Lord and King says, “I am about to hand you over to people you hate. You became sick of them. You turned away from them.
Ezekiel 23:29 - They will punish you because they hate you so much. They will take away from you everything you have worked for. They will leave you completely naked. Then everyone will see that you are a prostitute who has no shame at all. You were impure. You offered your body to your lovers again and again.
Ezekiel 23:30 - That is why you will be punished. You longed for lovers in other nations. You made yourself impure by worshiping their gods.
Ezekiel 23:31 - You did the same things your sister Oholah did. So I will put her cup in your hand. It is filled with the wine of my anger.”
Ezekiel 23:32 - The Lord and King says to Oholibah, “You will drink from your sister’s cup. It is large and deep. It is filled with the wine of my anger. So others will laugh at you. They will make fun of you.
Ezekiel 23:33 - You will become drunk and sad. The cup of my anger will completely destroy you. It is the same cup your sister Samaria drank from.
Ezekiel 23:34 - You will drink from it until it is empty. Then you will chew on its pieces. And you will claw at your breasts. I have spoken,” announces the Lord and King.
Ezekiel 23:35 - So the Lord and King says, “You have forgotten me. You have turned your back on me. You have been impure. You have acted like a prostitute. So I will punish you.”
Ezekiel 23:36 - The Lord said to me, “Son of man, are you going to judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then tell them they have done many evil things. I hate those things.
Ezekiel 23:37 - They have committed adultery. Their hands are covered with the blood of the people they have murdered. They have worshiped other gods. They have not been faithful to me. They have even sacrificed their children as food to other gods. Those children belonged to me.
Ezekiel 23:38 - Here are some other things the sisters have done to me. They have made my temple ‘unclean.’ They have misused my Sabbath days.
Ezekiel 23:39 - They have sacrificed their children to their gods. On that same day they entered my temple and made it ‘unclean.’ That is what they have done in my house.
Ezekiel 23:40 - “They even sent messengers to bring men from far away. When the men arrived, Oholibah took a bath. She put makeup on her eyes. She put her jewelry on.
Ezekiel 23:41 - She sat down on a beautiful couch. A table was in front of it. There she put the incense and olive oil that belonged to me.
Ezekiel 23:42 - “The noise of a carefree crowd was all around her. Men who drink too much were brought from the desert. Other men were brought along with them. They put bracelets on the wrists of the two sisters. They put beautiful crowns on their heads.
Ezekiel 23:43 - Then I spoke about Oholibah. She was worn out by adultery. I said, ‘Let them use her as a prostitute. After all, that is what she is.’
Ezekiel 23:44 - So they slept with her. In fact, they slept with both of these impure women, Oholah and Oholibah. They slept with them just as men sleep with prostitutes.
Ezekiel 23:45 - But judges who are right with God will sentence the sisters to be punished. They will be punished in the same way as women who commit adultery and murder. After all, they have committed adultery. And their hands are covered with the blood of the people they have murdered.”
Ezekiel 23:46 - The Lord and King says, “Bring an angry crowd against the sisters. Hand them over to those who will terrify them and steal everything they have.
Ezekiel 23:47 - The crowd will kill them by throwing stones at them. They will use swords to cut them down. They will kill their sons and daughters. And they will burn down their houses.
Ezekiel 23:48 - “So I will put an end to impurity in the land. Then all its women will be warned. They will not want to be like the sisters.
Ezekiel 23:49 - Those sisters will be punished because of the impure things they have done. They will be judged because they have worshiped other gods. Then they will know that I am the Lord and King.”
Jeremiah 9:14 - Instead, they have done what their stubborn hearts wanted them to do. They have worshiped the gods that are named Baal. They have done what their people have taught them to do through the years.”
Luke 10:29 - But the man wanted to make himself look good. So he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Isaiah 57:5 - You burn with sinful desire among the oak trees. You worship your gods under every green tree. You sacrifice your children in the valleys. You also do it under the cliffs.
Isaiah 57:6 - You have chosen some of the smooth stones in the valleys to be your gods. You have joined yourselves to them. You have even poured out drink offerings to them. You have given grain offerings to them. So why should I take pity on you?
Proverbs 28:13 - Anyone who hides their sins doesn’t succeed. But anyone who admits their sins and gives them up finds mercy.
Romans 3:19 - What the law says, it says to those who are ruled by the law. Its purpose is to shut every mouth and make the whole world accountable to God.
Jeremiah 2:33 - You are very skilled at chasing after love! Even the worst of women can learn from how you act.
Jeremiah 2:34 - The blood of those you have killed is on your clothes. You have destroyed poor people who were not guilty. You did not catch them in the act of breaking in. In spite of all this,
Jeremiah 2:35 - you say, ‘I’m not guilty of doing anything wrong. The Lord isn’t angry with me.’ But I will judge you. That’s because you say, ‘I haven’t sinned.’
Proverbs 30:20 - “This is the way of a woman who commits adultery. She eats and wipes her mouth. Then she says, ‘I haven’t done anything wrong.’
Jeremiah 31:22 - How long will you wander, my people Israel, who are not faithful to me? I will create a new thing on earth. The woman will return to the man.”
Jeremiah 3:2 - “Look up at the bare hilltops. Is there any place where you have not worshiped other gods? You have been unfaithful to me like a wife committing adultery. By the side of the road you sat waiting for lovers. You sat there like someone who wanders in the desert. You have made the land impure. You are like a sinful prostitute.
Revelation 3:17 - You say, “I am rich. I’ve become wealthy and don’t need anything.” But you don’t realize how pitiful and miserable you have become. You are poor, blind and naked.
Revelation 3:18 - So here’s my advice. Buy from me gold made pure by fire. Then you will become rich. Buy from me white clothes to wear. Then you will be able to cover the shame of your naked bodies. And buy from me healing lotion to put on your eyes. Then you will be able to see.
1 Samuel 15:13 - When Samuel got there, Saul said, “May the Lord bless you. I’ve done what he directed me to do.”
1 Samuel 15:14 - But Samuel said, “Then why do I hear the baaing of sheep? Why do I hear the mooing of cattle?”
Proverbs 30:12 - Some are pure in their own eyes. But their dirty sins haven’t been washed away.
Jeremiah 7:31 - The people have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. There they worship other gods. And there they sacrifice their children in the fire. That is something I did not command. It did not even enter my mind.