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Parallel Verses
  • New International Reader's Version - But you people are like a woman who is not faithful to her husband. Israel, you have not been faithful to me,” announces the Lord.
  • 新标点和合本 - 以色列家,你们向我行诡诈, 真像妻子行诡诈离开她丈夫一样。 这是耶和华说的。’
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 以色列家啊,你们向我行诡诈, 真像妻子行诡诈离开丈夫。 这是耶和华说的。”
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 以色列家啊,你们向我行诡诈, 真像妻子行诡诈离开丈夫。 这是耶和华说的。”
  • 当代译本 - 然而,以色列家啊! 你们竟对我不忠, 就像不贞的妻子离开丈夫。 这是耶和华说的。’”
  • 圣经新译本 - 以色列家啊! 妻子怎样行奸诈对丈夫不忠, 你也照样以奸诈待我。’” 这是耶和华的宣告。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 以色列家,你们向我行诡诈, 真像妻子行诡诈离开她丈夫一样。 这是耶和华说的。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 以色列家,你们向我行诡诈, 真像妻子行诡诈离开她丈夫一样。 这是耶和华说的。’
  • New International Version - But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you, Israel, have been unfaithful to me,” declares the Lord.
  • English Standard Version - Surely, as a treacherous wife leaves her husband, so have you been treacherous to me, O house of Israel, declares the Lord.’”
  • New Living Translation - But you have been unfaithful to me, you people of Israel! You have been like a faithless wife who leaves her husband. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
  • Christian Standard Bible - However, as a woman may betray her lover, so you have betrayed me, house of Israel. This is the Lord’s declaration.
  • New American Standard Bible - However, as a woman treacherously leaves her lover, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, House of Israel,” declares the Lord.
  • New King James Version - Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, So have you dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
  • Amplified Bible - Surely, as a wife treacherously (unfaithfully) leaves her husband, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
  • American Standard Version - Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.
  • King James Version - Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.
  • New English Translation - But, you have been unfaithful to me, nation of Israel, like an unfaithful wife who has left her husband,” says the Lord.
  • World English Bible - “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says Yahweh.
  • 新標點和合本 - 以色列家,你們向我行詭詐, 真像妻子行詭詐離開她丈夫一樣。 這是耶和華說的。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 以色列家啊,你們向我行詭詐, 真像妻子行詭詐離開丈夫。 這是耶和華說的。」
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 以色列家啊,你們向我行詭詐, 真像妻子行詭詐離開丈夫。 這是耶和華說的。」
  • 當代譯本 - 然而,以色列家啊! 你們竟對我不忠, 就像不貞的妻子離開丈夫。 這是耶和華說的。』」
  • 聖經新譯本 - 以色列家啊! 妻子怎樣行奸詐對丈夫不忠, 你也照樣以奸詐待我。’” 這是耶和華的宣告。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 其實呢, 以色列 家啊, 婦人怎樣行奸詐離開他丈夫, 你們也怎樣以奸詐待我: 這是 永恆主發神諭說 的 。」』
  • 現代標點和合本 - 以色列家,你們向我行詭詐, 真像妻子行詭詐離開她丈夫一樣。 這是耶和華說的。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 以色列家歟、婦行詐以離其夫、爾如是行詐於我、耶和華言之矣、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華又曰、以色列族與、爾曹欺予、若婦欺夫。
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主曰、 以色列 族歟、爾曹欺我、若婦失節欺夫、
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero tú, pueblo de Israel, me has sido infiel como una mujer infiel a su esposo», afirma el Señor.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 그러나 이스라엘 백성들아, 너희는 마치 신의를 저버리고 자기 남편을 떠나는 아내와 같이 나에게 신실하지 못하였다.”
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Но как жена изменяет мужу, так изменил Мне ты, дом Израиля, – возвещает Господь.
  • Восточный перевод - Но как жена изменяет мужу, так и вы изменили Мне, жители Исраила, – возвещает Вечный.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но как жена изменяет мужу, так и вы изменили Мне, жители Исраила, – возвещает Вечный.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но как жена изменяет мужу, так и вы изменили Мне, жители Исроила, – возвещает Вечный.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais vous m’avez trahi ╵ô communauté d’Israël, comme une femme ╵qui trompe son mari, l’Eternel le déclare.
  • リビングバイブル - ところが、おまえたちはわたしを裏切った。おまえたちはさまよい出て、夫のもとを去る不貞の妻のように多くの外国の神々に身をゆだねた。
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Mas, como a mulher que trai o marido, assim você tem sido infiel comigo, ó comunidade de Israel”, declara o Senhor.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Doch wie eine Frau ihren Mann betrügt, so bist auch du mir untreu geworden. Das sage ich, der Herr.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhưng ngươi đã bất trung với Ta, hỡi dân tộc Ít-ra-ên! Ngươi như một người vợ phụ bạc từ bỏ chồng mình. Ta, Chúa Hằng Hữu, phán vậy.”
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่พงศ์พันธุ์อิสราเอลเอ๋ย เจ้าก็ไม่ซื่อสัตย์ต่อเรา เหมือนภรรยาที่ไม่ซื่อสัตย์ต่อสามี” องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนั้น
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - โอ พงศ์​พันธุ์​อิสราเอล​เอ๋ย แน่​ทีเดียว ภรรยา​ที่​ไม่​ภักดี​ทอดทิ้ง​สามี​นาง​ไป​เช่น​ไร เจ้า​ก็​ไม่​ภักดี​ต่อ​เรา​เช่น​นั้น” พระ​ผู้​เป็น​เจ้า​ประกาศ​ดัง​นั้น
Cross Reference
  • Jeremiah 3:8 - I gave Israel their letter of divorce. I sent them away because they were unfaithful to me so many times. But I saw that their sister nation Judah did not have any respect for me. They were not faithful to me either. They also went out and committed adultery with other gods.
  • Jeremiah 3:9 - Israel was not faithful to me, but that did not bother them at all. They made the land ‘unclean.’ They worshiped gods that were made out of stone and wood.
  • Jeremiah 3:10 - In spite of all this, their sister nation Judah did not come back to me. They were not faithful to me either. They did not return with all their heart. They only pretended to,” announces the Lord.
  • 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.
  • Hosea 3:1 - The Lord said to me, “Go. Show your love to your wife again. She is loved by another man. And she has committed adultery. But I want you to love her just as I love the people of Israel. They turn to other gods. And they love to offer raisin cakes to Baal and eat them. In spite of that, I love my people.”
  • Malachi 2:11 - And Judah has been unfaithful. A hateful thing has been done in Israel and Jerusalem. The Lord loves his temple. But Judah has made it impure. Their men have married women who worship other gods.
  • Jeremiah 3:1 - “Suppose a man divorces his wife. What if she then marries another man? Should her first husband return to her again? If he does, won’t the land become completely ‘unclean’? People of Israel, you have lived like a prostitute. You have loved many other gods. So do you think you can return to me now?” announces the Lord.
  • 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.
  • Hosea 5:7 - They are not faithful to the Lord. Their children are not his. When they celebrate their New Moon feasts, he will destroy their fields.
  • Hosea 6:7 - Just as at the city of Adam, they disobeyed me, they have broken the covenant I made with them. They were not faithful to me there.
  • Isaiah 48:8 - You have not heard or understood what I said. Your ears have been plugged up for a long time. I knew very well that you would turn against me. From the day you were born, you have refused to obey me.
  • Jeremiah 5:11 - The people of Israel and the people of Judah have not been faithful to me at all,” announces the Lord.
Parallel VersesCross Reference
  • New International Reader's Version - But you people are like a woman who is not faithful to her husband. Israel, you have not been faithful to me,” announces the Lord.
  • 新标点和合本 - 以色列家,你们向我行诡诈, 真像妻子行诡诈离开她丈夫一样。 这是耶和华说的。’
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 以色列家啊,你们向我行诡诈, 真像妻子行诡诈离开丈夫。 这是耶和华说的。”
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 以色列家啊,你们向我行诡诈, 真像妻子行诡诈离开丈夫。 这是耶和华说的。”
  • 当代译本 - 然而,以色列家啊! 你们竟对我不忠, 就像不贞的妻子离开丈夫。 这是耶和华说的。’”
  • 圣经新译本 - 以色列家啊! 妻子怎样行奸诈对丈夫不忠, 你也照样以奸诈待我。’” 这是耶和华的宣告。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 以色列家,你们向我行诡诈, 真像妻子行诡诈离开她丈夫一样。 这是耶和华说的。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 以色列家,你们向我行诡诈, 真像妻子行诡诈离开她丈夫一样。 这是耶和华说的。’
  • New International Version - But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you, Israel, have been unfaithful to me,” declares the Lord.
  • English Standard Version - Surely, as a treacherous wife leaves her husband, so have you been treacherous to me, O house of Israel, declares the Lord.’”
  • New Living Translation - But you have been unfaithful to me, you people of Israel! You have been like a faithless wife who leaves her husband. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
  • Christian Standard Bible - However, as a woman may betray her lover, so you have betrayed me, house of Israel. This is the Lord’s declaration.
  • New American Standard Bible - However, as a woman treacherously leaves her lover, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, House of Israel,” declares the Lord.
  • New King James Version - Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, So have you dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
  • Amplified Bible - Surely, as a wife treacherously (unfaithfully) leaves her husband, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
  • American Standard Version - Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.
  • King James Version - Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.
  • New English Translation - But, you have been unfaithful to me, nation of Israel, like an unfaithful wife who has left her husband,” says the Lord.
  • World English Bible - “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says Yahweh.
  • 新標點和合本 - 以色列家,你們向我行詭詐, 真像妻子行詭詐離開她丈夫一樣。 這是耶和華說的。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 以色列家啊,你們向我行詭詐, 真像妻子行詭詐離開丈夫。 這是耶和華說的。」
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 以色列家啊,你們向我行詭詐, 真像妻子行詭詐離開丈夫。 這是耶和華說的。」
  • 當代譯本 - 然而,以色列家啊! 你們竟對我不忠, 就像不貞的妻子離開丈夫。 這是耶和華說的。』」
  • 聖經新譯本 - 以色列家啊! 妻子怎樣行奸詐對丈夫不忠, 你也照樣以奸詐待我。’” 這是耶和華的宣告。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 其實呢, 以色列 家啊, 婦人怎樣行奸詐離開他丈夫, 你們也怎樣以奸詐待我: 這是 永恆主發神諭說 的 。」』
  • 現代標點和合本 - 以色列家,你們向我行詭詐, 真像妻子行詭詐離開她丈夫一樣。 這是耶和華說的。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 以色列家歟、婦行詐以離其夫、爾如是行詐於我、耶和華言之矣、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華又曰、以色列族與、爾曹欺予、若婦欺夫。
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主曰、 以色列 族歟、爾曹欺我、若婦失節欺夫、
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero tú, pueblo de Israel, me has sido infiel como una mujer infiel a su esposo», afirma el Señor.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 그러나 이스라엘 백성들아, 너희는 마치 신의를 저버리고 자기 남편을 떠나는 아내와 같이 나에게 신실하지 못하였다.”
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Но как жена изменяет мужу, так изменил Мне ты, дом Израиля, – возвещает Господь.
  • Восточный перевод - Но как жена изменяет мужу, так и вы изменили Мне, жители Исраила, – возвещает Вечный.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но как жена изменяет мужу, так и вы изменили Мне, жители Исраила, – возвещает Вечный.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но как жена изменяет мужу, так и вы изменили Мне, жители Исроила, – возвещает Вечный.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais vous m’avez trahi ╵ô communauté d’Israël, comme une femme ╵qui trompe son mari, l’Eternel le déclare.
  • リビングバイブル - ところが、おまえたちはわたしを裏切った。おまえたちはさまよい出て、夫のもとを去る不貞の妻のように多くの外国の神々に身をゆだねた。
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Mas, como a mulher que trai o marido, assim você tem sido infiel comigo, ó comunidade de Israel”, declara o Senhor.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Doch wie eine Frau ihren Mann betrügt, so bist auch du mir untreu geworden. Das sage ich, der Herr.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhưng ngươi đã bất trung với Ta, hỡi dân tộc Ít-ra-ên! Ngươi như một người vợ phụ bạc từ bỏ chồng mình. Ta, Chúa Hằng Hữu, phán vậy.”
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่พงศ์พันธุ์อิสราเอลเอ๋ย เจ้าก็ไม่ซื่อสัตย์ต่อเรา เหมือนภรรยาที่ไม่ซื่อสัตย์ต่อสามี” องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนั้น
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - โอ พงศ์​พันธุ์​อิสราเอล​เอ๋ย แน่​ทีเดียว ภรรยา​ที่​ไม่​ภักดี​ทอดทิ้ง​สามี​นาง​ไป​เช่น​ไร เจ้า​ก็​ไม่​ภักดี​ต่อ​เรา​เช่น​นั้น” พระ​ผู้​เป็น​เจ้า​ประกาศ​ดัง​นั้น
  • Jeremiah 3:8 - I gave Israel their letter of divorce. I sent them away because they were unfaithful to me so many times. But I saw that their sister nation Judah did not have any respect for me. They were not faithful to me either. They also went out and committed adultery with other gods.
  • Jeremiah 3:9 - Israel was not faithful to me, but that did not bother them at all. They made the land ‘unclean.’ They worshiped gods that were made out of stone and wood.
  • Jeremiah 3:10 - In spite of all this, their sister nation Judah did not come back to me. They were not faithful to me either. They did not return with all their heart. They only pretended to,” announces the Lord.
  • 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.
  • Hosea 3:1 - The Lord said to me, “Go. Show your love to your wife again. She is loved by another man. And she has committed adultery. But I want you to love her just as I love the people of Israel. They turn to other gods. And they love to offer raisin cakes to Baal and eat them. In spite of that, I love my people.”
  • Malachi 2:11 - And Judah has been unfaithful. A hateful thing has been done in Israel and Jerusalem. The Lord loves his temple. But Judah has made it impure. Their men have married women who worship other gods.
  • Jeremiah 3:1 - “Suppose a man divorces his wife. What if she then marries another man? Should her first husband return to her again? If he does, won’t the land become completely ‘unclean’? People of Israel, you have lived like a prostitute. You have loved many other gods. So do you think you can return to me now?” announces the Lord.
  • 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.
  • Hosea 5:7 - They are not faithful to the Lord. Their children are not his. When they celebrate their New Moon feasts, he will destroy their fields.
  • Hosea 6:7 - Just as at the city of Adam, they disobeyed me, they have broken the covenant I made with them. They were not faithful to me there.
  • Isaiah 48:8 - You have not heard or understood what I said. Your ears have been plugged up for a long time. I knew very well that you would turn against me. From the day you were born, you have refused to obey me.
  • Jeremiah 5:11 - The people of Israel and the people of Judah have not been faithful to me at all,” announces the Lord.
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