Ezekiel 16:21-31

21 And now you're a murderer, killing my children and sacrificing them to idols.
22 "'Not once during these years of outrageous obscenities and whorings did you remember your infancy, when you were naked and exposed, a blood-smeared newborn.
23 "'And then to top off all your evil acts, you built your bold brothels in every town square. Doom! Doom to you, says God, the Master!
24 At every major intersection you built your bold brothels and exposed your sluttish sex, spreading your legs for everyone who passed by.
25 "'And then you went international with your whoring.
26 You fornicated with the Egyptians, seeking them out in their sex orgies. The more promiscuous you became, the angrier I got.
27 Finally, I intervened, reduced your borders and turned you over to the rapacity of your enemies. Even the Philistine women - can you believe it? - were shocked at your sluttish life.
28 "'You went on to fornicate with the Assyrians. Your appetite was insatiable. But still you weren't satisfied.
29 You took on the Babylonians, a country of businessmen, and still you weren't satisfied.
30 "'What a sick soul! Doing all this stuff - the champion whore!
31 You built your bold brothels at every major intersection, opened up your whorehouses in every neighborhood, but you were different from regular whores in that you wouldn't accept a fee.
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