Ezekiel 16:30-40

30 This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: "You have done all this like a shameless prostitute.
31 On every street you built places to worship idols and practice prostitution. But you are not out for money like a common prostitute.
32 You are like a woman who commits adultery with strangers instead of loving her husband.
33 A prostitute is paid, but you gave presents to all your lovers and bribed them to come from everywhere to sleep with you.
34 You are a special kind of prostitute. No one forced you to become one. You didn't get paid; you paid them! Yes, you are different."
35 Now then, Jerusalem, you whore! Hear what the Lord is saying.
36 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: "You stripped off your clothes, and like a prostitute, you gave yourself to your lovers and to all your disgusting idols, and you killed your children as sacrifices to idols.
37 Because of this I will bring all your former lovers together - the ones you liked and the ones you hated. I will bring them around you in a circle, and then I will strip off your clothes and let them see you naked.
38 I will condemn you for adultery and murder, and in my anger and fury I will punish you with death.
39 I will put you in their power, and they will tear down the places where you engage in prostitution and worship idols. They will take away your clothes and jewels and leave you completely naked.
40 "They will stir up a crowd to stone you, and they will cut you to pieces with their swords.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. [Verse 30 in Hebrew begins with three words, the meaning of which is unclear.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.