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Prophecy of Ezechiel 1051

into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God: flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee,
and thou becamest mine. thou hast set before them for a sweet odour; and
9 And I washed thee with water, and cleansed it was done, saith the Lord God.
away thy blood from thee: and I anointed thee 20 And thou hast taken thy sons, and thy
with oil. daughters, whom thou hast borne to me: and
10 And I clothed thee with embroidery, and hast sacrificed the same to them to be devoured.
shod thee with violet coloured shoes: and I Is thy fornication small?
girded thee about with fine linen, and clothed 21 Thou hast sacrificed and given my children
thee with fine garments. to them, consecrating them by fire.
11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and put 22 And after all thy abominations, and forni-
bracelets on thy hands, and a chain about thy cations, thou hast not remembered the days of
neck. thy youth, when thou wast naked, and full of
12 And I put a jewel upon thy forehead and confusion, trodden under foot in thy own blood.
earrings in thy ears, and a beautiful crown upon 23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness
thy head. (woe, woe to thee, saith the Lord God)
13 And thou wast adorned with gold, and sil- 24 That thou didst also build thee a common
ver, and wast clothed with fine linen, and em- stew, and madest thee a brothel house in every
broidered work, and many colours: thou didst street.
eat fine flour, and honey, and oil, and wast made 25 At every head of the way thou hast set up
exceeding beautiful: and wast advanced to be a a sign of thy prostitution: and hast made thy
queen. beauty to be abominable: and hast prostituted
14 And thy renown went forth among the thyself to every one that passed by, and hast
nations for thy beauty: for thou wast perfect multiplied thy fornications.
through my beauty, which I had put upon thee, 26 And thou hast committed fornication with
saith the Lord God. the Egyptians thy neighbours, men of large bod-
15 But trusting in thy beauty, thou playedst ies, and hast multiplied thy fornications to pro-
the harlot because of thy renown, and thou hast voke me.
prostituted thyself to every passenger, to be his. 27 Behold, I will stretch out my hand upon
16 And taking of thy garments thou hast made thee, and will take away thy justification: and I
thee high places sewed together on each side: will deliver thee up to the will of the daughters of
and hast played the harlot upon them, as hath the Philistines that hate thee, that are ashamed
not been done before, nor shall be hereafter. of thy wicked way.
17 And thou tookest thy beautiful vessels, of 28 Thou hast also committed fornication with
my gold, and my silver, which I gave thee, and the Assyrians, because thou wast not yet satis-
thou madest thee images of men, and hast com- fied: and after thou hadst played the harlot with
mitted fornication with them. them, even so thou wast not contented.
18 And thou tookest thy garments of divers 29 Thou hast also multiplied thy fornications
colours, and coveredst them: and settest my oil in the land of Chanaan with the Chaldeans: and
and my sweet incense before them. neither so wast thou satisfied.
19 And my bread which I gave thee, the fine 30 Wherein shall I cleanse thy heart, saith