16:1 Then another message came to me from the LORD:
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 1 , Then another message came to me from the LORD:
16:2 'Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her loathsome sins.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 2 , 'Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her loathsome sins.
16:3 Give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite!
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 3 , Give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite!
16:4 When you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was left uncut, and you were never washed, rubbed with salt, and dressed in warm clothing.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 4 , When you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was left uncut, and you were never washed, rubbed with salt, and dressed in warm clothing.
16:5 No one had the slightest interest in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On the day you were born, you were dumped in a field and left to die, unwanted.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 5 , No one had the slightest interest in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On the day you were born, you were dumped in a field and left to die, unwanted.
16:6 'But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, `Live!'
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 6 , 'But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, `Live!'
16:7 And I helped you to thrive like a plant in the field. You grew up and became a beautiful jewel. Your breasts became full, and your hair grew, though you were still naked.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 7 , And I helped you to thrive like a plant in the field. You grew up and became a beautiful jewel. Your breasts became full, and your hair grew, though you were still naked.
16:8 And when I passed by and saw you again, you were old enough to be married. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 8 , And when I passed by and saw you again, you were old enough to be married. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.
16:9 'Then I bathed you and washed off your blood, and I rubbed fragrant oils into your skin.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 9 , 'Then I bathed you and washed off your blood, and I rubbed fragrant oils into your skin.
16:10 I gave you expensive clothing of linen and silk, beautifully embroidered, and sandals made of fine leather.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 10 , I gave you expensive clothing of linen and silk, beautifully embroidered, and sandals made of fine leather.
16:11 I gave you lovely jewelry, bracelets, and beautiful necklaces,
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 11 , I gave you lovely jewelry, bracelets, and beautiful necklaces,
16:12 a ring for your nose and earrings for your ears, and a lovely crown for your head.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 12 , a ring for your nose and earrings for your ears, and a lovely crown for your head.
16:13 And so you were made beautiful with gold and silver. Your clothes were made of fine linen and were beautifully embroidered. You ate the finest foods--fine flour, honey, and olive oil--and became more beautiful than ever. You looked like a queen, and so you were!
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 13 , And so you were made beautiful with gold and silver. Your clothes were made of fine linen and were beautifully embroidered. You ate the finest foods--fine flour, honey, and olive oil--and became more beautiful than ever. You looked like a queen, and so you were!
16:14 Your fame soon spread throughout the world on account of your beauty, because the splendor I bestowed on you perfected your beauty, says the Sovereign LORD.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 14 , Your fame soon spread throughout the world on account of your beauty, because the splendor I bestowed on you perfected your beauty, says the Sovereign LORD.
16:15 'But you thought you could get along without me, so you trusted instead in your fame and beauty. You gave yourself as a prostitute to every man who came along. Your beauty was theirs for the asking!
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 15 , 'But you thought you could get along without me, so you trusted instead in your fame and beauty. You gave yourself as a prostitute to every man who came along. Your beauty was theirs for the asking!
16:16 You used the lovely things I gave you to make shrines for idols, where you carried out your acts of prostitution. Unbelievable! How could such a thing ever happen?
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 16 , You used the lovely things I gave you to make shrines for idols, where you carried out your acts of prostitution. Unbelievable! How could such a thing ever happen?
16:17 You took the very jewels and gold and silver ornaments I had given you and made statues of men and worshiped them, which is adultery against me.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 17 , You took the very jewels and gold and silver ornaments I had given you and made statues of men and worshiped them, which is adultery against me.
16:18 You used the beautifully embroidered clothes I gave you to cover your idols. Then you used my oil and incense to worship them.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 18 , You used the beautifully embroidered clothes I gave you to cover your idols. Then you used my oil and incense to worship them.
16:19 Imagine it! You set before them as a lovely sacrifice the fine flour and oil and honey I had given you, says the Sovereign LORD.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 19 , Imagine it! You set before them as a lovely sacrifice the fine flour and oil and honey I had given you, says the Sovereign LORD.
16:20 'Then you took your sons and daughters--the children you had borne to me--and sacrificed them to your gods. Was it not enough that you should be a prostitute?
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 20 , 'Then you took your sons and daughters--the children you had borne to me--and sacrificed them to your gods. Was it not enough that you should be a prostitute?
16:21 Must you also slaughter my children by sacrificing them to idols?
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 21 , Must you also slaughter my children by sacrificing them to idols?
16:22 In all your years of adultery and loathsome sin, you have not once thought of the days long ago when you lay naked in a field, kicking about in your own blood.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 22 , In all your years of adultery and loathsome sin, you have not once thought of the days long ago when you lay naked in a field, kicking about in your own blood.
16:23 'Your destruction is certain, says the Sovereign LORD. In addition to all your other wickedness,
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 23 , 'Your destruction is certain, says the Sovereign LORD. In addition to all your other wickedness,
16:24 you built a pagan shrine and put altars to idols in every town square.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 24 , you built a pagan shrine and put altars to idols in every town square.
16:25 On every street corner you defiled your beauty, offering your body to every passerby in an endless stream of prostitution.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 25 , On every street corner you defiled your beauty, offering your body to every passerby in an endless stream of prostitution.
16:26 Then you added lustful Egypt to your lovers, fanning the flames of my anger with your increasing promiscuity.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 26 , Then you added lustful Egypt to your lovers, fanning the flames of my anger with your increasing promiscuity.
16:27 That is why I struck you with my fist and reduced your boundaries. I handed you over to your enemies, the Philistines, and even they were shocked by your lewd conduct!
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 27 , That is why I struck you with my fist and reduced your boundaries. I handed you over to your enemies, the Philistines, and even they were shocked by your lewd conduct!
16:28 You have prostituted yourselves with the Assyrians, too. It seems you can never find enough new lovers! And after your prostitution there, you still were not satisfied.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 28 , You have prostituted yourselves with the Assyrians, too. It seems you can never find enough new lovers! And after your prostitution there, you still were not satisfied.
16:29 You added to your lovers by embracing that great merchant land of Babylonia--but you still weren't satisfied!
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 29 , You added to your lovers by embracing that great merchant land of Babylonia--but you still weren't satisfied!
16:30 'What a sick heart you have, says the Sovereign LORD, to do such things as these, acting like a shameless prostitute.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 30 , 'What a sick heart you have, says the Sovereign LORD, to do such things as these, acting like a shameless prostitute.
16:31 You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. You have been worse than a prostitute, so eager for sin that you have not even demanded payment for your love!
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 31 , You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. You have been worse than a prostitute, so eager for sin that you have not even demanded payment for your love!
16:32 Yes, you are an adulterous wife who takes in strangers instead of her own husband.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 32 , Yes, you are an adulterous wife who takes in strangers instead of her own husband.
16:33 Prostitutes charge for their services--but not you! You give gifts to your lovers, bribing them to come to you.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 33 , Prostitutes charge for their services--but not you! You give gifts to your lovers, bribing them to come to you.
16:34 So you are the opposite of other prostitutes. No one pays you; instead, you pay them!
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 34 , So you are the opposite of other prostitutes. No one pays you; instead, you pay them!
16:35 'Therefore, you prostitute, listen to this message from the LORD!
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 35 , 'Therefore, you prostitute, listen to this message from the LORD!
16:36 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have exposed yourself in prostitution to all your lovers, and because you have worshiped detestable idols, and because you have slaughtered your children as sacrifices to your gods,
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 36 , This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have exposed yourself in prostitution to all your lovers, and because you have worshiped detestable idols, and because you have slaughtered your children as sacrifices to your gods,
16:37 this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies--these lovers of yours with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated--and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 37 , this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies--these lovers of yours with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated--and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you.
16:38 I will punish you for your murder and adultery. I will cover you with blood in my jealous fury.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 38 , I will punish you for your murder and adultery. I will cover you with blood in my jealous fury.
16:39 Then I will give you to your lovers--these many nations--and they will destroy you. They will knock down your pagan shrines and the altars to your idols. They will strip you and take your beautiful jewels, leaving you completely naked and ashamed.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 39 , Then I will give you to your lovers--these many nations--and they will destroy you. They will knock down your pagan shrines and the altars to your idols. They will strip you and take your beautiful jewels, leaving you completely naked and ashamed.
16:40 They will band together in a mob to stone you and run you through with swords.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 40 , They will band together in a mob to stone you and run you through with swords.
16:41 They will burn your homes and punish you in front of many women. I will see to it that you stop your prostitution and end your payments to your many lovers.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 41 , They will burn your homes and punish you in front of many women. I will see to it that you stop your prostitution and end your payments to your many lovers.
16:42 'Then at last my fury against you will be spent, and my jealous anger will subside. I will be calm and will not be angry with you anymore.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 42 , 'Then at last my fury against you will be spent, and my jealous anger will subside. I will be calm and will not be angry with you anymore.
16:43 But first, because you have not remembered your youth but have angered me by doing all these evil things, I will fully repay you for all of your sins, says the Sovereign LORD. For to all your disgusting sins, you have added these lewd acts.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 43 , But first, because you have not remembered your youth but have angered me by doing all these evil things, I will fully repay you for all of your sins, says the Sovereign LORD. For to all your disgusting sins, you have added these lewd acts.
16:44 Everyone who makes up proverbs will say of you, `Like mother, like daughter.'
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 44 , Everyone who makes up proverbs will say of you, `Like mother, like daughter.'
16:45 For your mother loathed her husband and her children, and so do you. And you are exactly like your sisters, for they despised their husbands and their children. Truly your mother must have been a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 45 , For your mother loathed her husband and her children, and so do you. And you are exactly like your sisters, for they despised their husbands and their children. Truly your mother must have been a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
16:46 'Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters in the north. Your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters in the south.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 46 , 'Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters in the north. Your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters in the south.
16:47 But you have not merely sinned as they did--no, that was nothing to you. In a very short time you far surpassed them!
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 47 , But you have not merely sinned as they did--no, that was nothing to you. In a very short time you far surpassed them!
16:48 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, Sodom and her daughters were never as wicked as you and your daughters.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 48 , As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, Sodom and her daughters were never as wicked as you and your daughters.
16:49 Sodom's sins were pride, laziness, and gluttony, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 49 , Sodom's sins were pride, laziness, and gluttony, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.
16:50 She was proud and did loathsome things, so I wiped her out, as you have seen.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 50 , She was proud and did loathsome things, so I wiped her out, as you have seen.
16:51 'Even Samaria did not commit half your sins. You have done far more loathsome things than your sisters ever did. They seem righteous compared to you!
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 51 , 'Even Samaria did not commit half your sins. You have done far more loathsome things than your sisters ever did. They seem righteous compared to you!
16:52 You should be deeply ashamed because your sins are so terrible. In comparison, you make your sisters seem innocent!
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 52 , You should be deeply ashamed because your sins are so terrible. In comparison, you make your sisters seem innocent!
16:53 'But someday I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and Samaria, and I will restore you, too.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 53 , 'But someday I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and Samaria, and I will restore you, too.
16:54 Then you will be truly ashamed of everything you have done, for your sins make them feel good in comparison.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 54 , Then you will be truly ashamed of everything you have done, for your sins make them feel good in comparison.
16:55 Yes, your sisters, Sodom and Samaria, and all their people will be restored, and at that time you also will be restored.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 55 , Yes, your sisters, Sodom and Samaria, and all their people will be restored, and at that time you also will be restored.
16:56 In your proud days you held Sodom in contempt.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 56 , In your proud days you held Sodom in contempt.
16:57 But now your greater wickedness has been exposed to all the world, and you are the one who is scorned--by Edom and all her neighbors and by Philistia.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 57 , But now your greater wickedness has been exposed to all the world, and you are the one who is scorned--by Edom and all her neighbors and by Philistia.
16:58 This is your punishment for all your disgusting sins, says the LORD.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 58 , This is your punishment for all your disgusting sins, says the LORD.
16:59 'Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will give you what you deserve, for you have taken your solemn vows lightly by breaking your covenant.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 59 , 'Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will give you what you deserve, for you have taken your solemn vows lightly by breaking your covenant.
16:60 Yet I will keep the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 60 , Yet I will keep the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
16:61 Then you will remember with shame all the evil you have done. I will make your sisters, Samaria and Sodom, to be your daughters, even though they are not part of our covenant.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 61 , Then you will remember with shame all the evil you have done. I will make your sisters, Samaria and Sodom, to be your daughters, even though they are not part of our covenant.
16:62 And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 62 , And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
16:63 You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silence and shame when I forgive you of all that you have done, says the Sovereign LORD.'
The NLT Book of Ezekiel , Chapter 16 , Verse 63 , You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silence and shame when I forgive you of all that you have done, says the Sovereign LORD.'
