1Again the word of the LORD came to…
2“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations
3and tell her that this is what the…
4On the day of your birth your cord…
5No one cared enough for you to do…
6Then I passed by and saw you wallowing…
7I made you thrive like a plant of…
8Then I passed by and saw you, and…
9Then I bathed you with water, rinsed off…
10I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave…
11I adorned you with jewelry, and I put…
12I put a ring in your nose, earrings…
13So you were adorned with gold and silver,…
14Your fame spread among the nations on account…
15But because of your fame, you trusted in…
16You took some of your garments and made…
17You also took the fine jewelry of gold…
18You took your embroidered garments to cover them,…
19And you set before them as a pleasing…
20You even took the sons and daughters you…
21You slaughtered My children and delivered them up…
22And in all your abominations and acts of…
23Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD.…
24you built yourself a mound and made yourself…
25At the head of every street you built…
26You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the…
27Therefore I stretched out My hand against you…
28Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because…
29So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the…
30How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord…
31But when you built your mounds at the…
32You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of…
33Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but…
34So your prostitution is the opposite of that…
35Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the…
36This is what the Lord GOD says: Because…
37therefore I will surely gather all the lovers…
38And I will sentence you to the punishment…
39Then I will deliver you into the hands…
40They will bring a mob against you, who…
41Then they will burn down your houses and…
42So I will lay to rest My wrath…
43Because you did not remember the days of…
44Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote…
45You are the daughter of your mother, who…
46Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with…
47And you not only walked in their ways…
48As surely as I live, declares the Lord…
49Now this was the iniquity of your sister…
50Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before…
51Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins…
52So now you must bear your disgrace, since…
53But I will restore Sodom and her daughters…
54So you will bear your disgrace and be…
55And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and…
56Did you not treat your sister Sodom as…
57before your wickedness was uncovered? Even so, you…
58You will bear the consequences of your lewdness…
59For this is what the Lord GOD says:…
60But I will remember the covenant I made…
61Then you will remember your ways and be…
62So I will establish My covenant with you,…
63so that when I make atonement for all…
