1 A nd there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 ` Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, and thou hast said:

Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know, understand, and realize her abominations are disgusting, detestable, and shamefully vile.

3 T hus said the Lord Jehovah to Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity of the land of the Canaanite, Thy father the Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.

And say, Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are thoroughly Canaanitish; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

4 A s to thy nativity, in the day thou wast born, Thou -- thy navel hath not been cut, And in water thou wast not washed for ease, And thou hast not been salted at all, And thou hast not been swaddled at all.

And as for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt or swaddled with bands at all.

5 N o eye hath had pity on thee, to do to thee any of these, To have compassion on thee, And thou art cast on the face of the field, With loathing of thy person. In the day thou hast been born -- thou!

No eye pitied you to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you; but you were cast out in the open field, for your person was abhorrent and loathsome on the day that you were born.

6 A nd I do pass over by thee, And I see thee trodden down in thy blood, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live.

And when I passed by you and saw you rolling about in your blood, I said to you in your blood, Live! Yes, I said to you still in your natal blood, Live!

7 A myriad -- as the shoot of the field I have made thee, And thou art multiplied, and art great, And comest in with an excellent adornment, Breasts have been formed, and thy hair hath grown -- And thou, naked and bare!

I caused you to multiply as the bud which grows in the field, and you increased and became tall and you came to full maidenhood and beauty; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown, yet you were naked and bare.

8 A nd I pass over by thee, and I see thee, And lo, thy time a time of loves, And I spread My skirt over thee, And I cover thy nakedness, And I swear to thee, and come in to a covenant with thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And thou dost become Mine.

Now I passed by you again and looked upon you; behold, you were maturing and at the time for love, and I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I plighted My troth to you and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord, and you became Mine.

9 A nd I do wash thee with water, And I wash away thy blood from off thee, And I anoint thee with perfume.

Then I washed you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you and I anointed you with oil.

10 A nd I clothe thee with embroidery, And I shoe thee with badger's skin, And I gird thee with fine linen, And I cover thee with figured silk.

I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with leather; and I girded you about with fine linen and covered you with silk.

11 A nd I adorn thee with adornments, And I give bracelets for thy hands, And a chain for thy neck.

I decked you also with ornaments and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck.

12 A nd I give a ring for thy nose, And rings for thine ears, And a crown of beauty on thy head.

And I put a ring on your nostril and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown upon your head!

13 A nd thou dost put on gold and silver, And thy clothing fine linen, And figured silk and embroidery, Fine flour, and honey, and oil thou hast eaten, And thou art very very beautiful, And dost go prosperously to the kingdom.

Thus you were decked with gold and silver, and your raiment was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth; you ate fine flour and honey and oil. And you were exceedingly beautiful and you prospered into royal estate.

14 A nd go forth doth thy name among nations, Because of thy beauty -- for it complete, In My honour that I have set upon thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

And your renown went forth among the nations for your beauty, for it was perfect through My majesty and splendor which I had put upon you, says the Lord God.

15 A nd thou dost trust in thy beauty, And goest a-whoring because of thy renown, And dost pour out thy whoredoms On every passer by -- to him it is.

But you trusted in and relied on your own beauty and were unfaithful to God and played the harlot because of your renown, and you poured out your fornications upon anyone who passed by and your beauty was his.

16 A nd thou dost take of thy garments, And dost make to thee spotted high-places, And dost go a-whoring upon them, They are not coming in -- nor shall it be!

And you took some of your garments and made for yourself gaily decorated high places or shrines and played the harlot on them—things which should not come and that which should not take place.

17 A nd thou dost take thy beauteous vessels Of My gold and My silver that I gave to thee, And dost make to thee images of a male, And dost go a-whoring with them,

You did also take your fair jewels and beautiful vessels of My gold and My silver which I had given you and made for yourself images of men, and you played the harlot with them;

18 A nd dost take the garments of thy embroidery, And thou dost cover them, And My oil and My perfume thou hast set before them.

And you took your embroidered garments and covered them and set My oil and My incense before them.

19 A nd My bread, that I gave to thee, Fine flour, and oil, and honey, that I caused thee to eat. Thou hast even set it before them, For a sweet fragrance -- thus it is, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

My bread also which I gave you—fine flour and oil and honey with which I fed you—you have even set it before the idols for a sweet odor. Thus it was, says the Lord God.

20 A nd thou dost take thy sons and thy daughters Whom thou hast born to Me, And dost sacrifice them to them for food. Is it a little thing because of thy whoredoms,

Moreover, you have taken your sons and your daughters whom you have borne to Me, and you have sacrificed them to be destroyed. Were your harlotries too little,

21 T hat thou dost slaughter My sons, And dost give them up in causing them to pass over to them?

That you have slain My children and delivered them up, in setting them apart and causing them to pass through the fire for ?

22 A nd with all thine abominations and thy whoredoms, Thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, When thou wast naked and bare, Trodden down in thy blood thou wast!

And in all your abominations and idolatrous whoredoms you have not remembered the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, rolling about in your natal blood.

23 A nd it cometh to pass, after all thy wickedness, (Wo, wo, to thee -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah),

And after all your wickedness—Woe, woe to you! says the Lord God—

24 T hat thou dost build to thee an arch, And dost make to thee a high place in every broad place.

You have built also for yourself a vaulted chamber (brothel) and have made a high place in every street.

25 A t every head of the way thou hast built thy high place, And thou dost make thy beauty abominable, And dost open wide thy feet to every passer by, And dost multiply thy whoredoms,

At every crossway you built your high place and have made your beauty an abomination; and you have made your body available to every passerby and multiplied your harlotry.

26 A nd dost go a-whoring unto sons of Egypt, Thy neighbours -- great of appetite! And thou dost multiply thy whoredoms, To provoke Me to anger.

You have also played the harlot with the Egyptians, your neighbors, whose worship is thoroughly sensuous, and you have multiplied your harlotry to provoke Me to anger.

27 A nd lo, I have stretched out My hand against thee, And I diminish thy portion, And give thee to the desire of those hating thee, The daughters of the Philistines, Who are ashamed of thy wicked way.

Behold therefore, I have stretched out My hand against you, diminished your ordinary allowance of food, and delivered you over to the will of those who hate and despise you, the daughters of the Philistines, who turned away in shame from your despicable policy and lewd behavior!

28 A nd thou goest a-whoring unto sons of Asshur, Without thy being satisfied, And thou dost go a-whoring with them, And also -- thou hast not been satisfied.

You played the harlot also with the Assyrians because you were unsatiable; yes, you played the harlot with them, and yet you were not satisfied.

29 A nd thou dost multiply thy whoredoms On the land of Canaan -- toward Chaldea, And even with this thou hast not been satisfied.

Moreover, you multiplied your harlotry with the land of trade, with Chaldea, and yet even with this you were not satisfied.

30 H ow weak thy heart, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, In thy doing all these, The work of a domineering whorish woman.

How weak and spent with longing and lust is your heart and mind, says the Lord God, seeing you do all these things, the work of a bold, domineering harlot,

31 I n thy building thine arch at the head of every way, Thy high place thou hast made in every broad place, And -- hast not been as a whore deriding a gift.

In that you build your vaulted place (brothel) at the head of every street and make your high place at every crossing. But you were not like a harlot because you scorned pay.

32 T he wife who committeth adultery -- Under her husband -- doth receive strangers.

Rather, you were as an adulterous wife who receives strangers instead of her husband!

33 T o all whores they give a gift, And -- thou hast given thy gifts to all thy lovers, And dost bribe them to come in unto thee, From round about -- in thy whoredoms.

Men give gifts to all harlots, but you give your gifts to all your lovers and hire them, bribing, that they may come to you on every side for your harlotries (your idolatrous unfaithfulnesses to God).

34 A nd the contrary is in thee from women in thy whoredoms, That after thee none doth go a-whoring; And in thy giving a gift, And a gift hath not been given to thee; And thou art become contrary.

And you are different from other women in your harlotries, in that nobody follows you to lure you into harlotry and in that you give hire when no hire is given you; and so you are different.

35 T herefore, O whore, hear a word of Jehovah,

Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord!

36 T hus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy brass being poured forth, And thy nakedness is revealed in thy whoredoms near thy lovers, And near all the idols of thy abominations, And according to the blood of thy sons, Whom thou hast given to them;

Thus says the Lord God: Because your brass and your filthiness were emptied out and your nakedness uncovered through your harlotries with your lovers, and because of all the idols of your abominations, and the blood of your children that you gave to them,

37 T herefore, lo, I am assembling all thy lovers, To whom thou hast been sweet, And all whom thou hast loved, Besides all whom thou hast hated; And I have assembled them by thee round about, And have revealed thy nakedness to them, And they have seen all thy nakedness.

Therefore behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those whom you have loved with all those whom you have hated; I will even gather them against you on every side and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.

38 A nd I have judged thee -- judgments of adultresses, And of women shedding blood, And have given thee blood, fury, and jealousy.

And I the Lord will judge you as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged, and I will bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.

39 A nd I have given thee into their hand, And they have thrown down thine arch, And they have broken down thy high places, And they have stript thee of thy garments, And they have taken thy beauteous vessels, And they have left thee naked and bare.

And I will also give you into the hand of those, and they shall throw down your vaulted place (brothel) and shall demolish your high places; they shall strip you of your clothes and shall take your splendid jewels and leave you naked and bare.

40 A nd have caused an assembly to come up against thee, And stoned thee with stones, And thrust thee through with their swords,

They shall also bring up a company against you, and they shall stone you with stones and hew down and thrust you through with their swords.

41 A nd burnt thy houses with fire, And done in thee judgments before the eyes of many women, And I have caused thee to cease from going a-whoring, And also a gift thou givest no more.

And they shall burn your houses with fire and execute judgments upon you before the eyes of many women spectators. And I will cause you to cease playing the harlot, and you also shall give hire no more.

42 A nd I have caused My fury against thee to rest, And My jealousy hath turned aside from thee, And I have been quiet, and I am not angry any more.

So will I make My wrath toward you to rest and My jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet and will be no more angry.

43 B ecause thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, And dost give trouble to Me in all these, Lo, even I also thy way at first gave up, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I did not this thought for all thine abominations.

Because you have not remembered the days of your youth but have enraged Me with all these things, therefore behold, I also will bring your deeds down on your own head, says the Lord God. Did you not commit this lewdness above and in addition to all your other abominations?

44 L o, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother -- her daughter!

Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you: As is the mother, so is her daughter.

45 T hy mother's daughter thou, Loathing her husband and her sons, And thy sisters' sister thou, Who loathed their husbands and their sons, Your mother a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

You are your mother’s daughter who loathed her husband and her children, and you are the sister of your sisters who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

46 A nd thine elder sister Samaria, she and her daughters, Who is dwelling at thy left hand, And thy younger sister, who is dwelling on thy right hand, Sodom and her daughters.

And your elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters who dwelt in the north and at your left hand; and your younger sister who dwelt in the south and at your right hand is Sodom and her daughters.

47 A nd -- in their ways thou hast not walked, And according to their abominations done, As a little thing it hath been loathed, And thou dost more corruptly than they in all thy ways.

Yet you were not satisfied to walk after their ways or to do after their abominations, but very soon you were more corrupt in all your ways than they were.

48 I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done -- she and her daughters -- As thou hast done -- thou and thy daughters.

As I live, says the Lord God, Sodom your sister has not done, she nor her daughters, as you have done, you and your daughters.

49 L o, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened.

Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, overabundance of food, prosperous ease, and idleness were hers and her daughters’; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

50 A nd they are haughty and do abomination before Me, And I turn them aside when I have seen.

And they were haughty and committed abominable offenses before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it and I saw fit.

51 A s to Samaria, as the half of thy sins -- she hath not sinned, And thou dost multiply thine abominations more than they, And dost justify thy sisters by all thy abominations that thou hast done.

Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins, but you have multiplied your abominations more than they and have seemed to justify your sisters in all their wickedness by all the abominable things which you have done—you even make them appear righteous in comparison with you.

52 T hou also -- bear thy shame, That thou hast adjudged to thy sisters, Because of thy sins that thou hast done more abominably than they, They are more righteous than thou, And thou, also, be ashamed and bear thy shame, In thy justifying thy sisters.

Take upon you and bear your own shame and disgrace, you also who called in question and judged your sisters, for you have virtually absolved them by your sins in which you behaved more abominably than they; they are more right than you. Yes, be ashamed and confounded and bear your shame and disgrace, you also, for you have seemed to justify your sisters and make them appear righteous.

53 A nd I have turned back their captivity, The captivity of Sodom and her daughters, And the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, And the captivity of thy captives in their midst,

I will restore them again from their captivity, restore the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters, and I will restore your own fortunes in the midst of them,

54 S o that thou dost bear thy shame, And hast been ashamed of all that thou hast done, In thy comforting them.

That you, amid your shame and disgrace, may be compelled to recognize your wickedness and be thoroughly ashamed and confounded at all you have done, becoming consolation and comfort to

55 A nd thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, Do turn back to their former state, And Samaria and her daughters Do turn back to their former state, And thou and thy daughters do turn back to your former state.

And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; then you and your daughters shall return to your former estate.

56 A nd thy sister Sodom hath not been for a report in thy mouth, In the day of thine arrogancy,

For was your sister Sodom not mentioned by you as a byword in the day of your pride,

57 B efore thy wickedness is revealed, As the time of the reproach of the daughters of Aram, And of all her neighbours, the daughters of the Philistines, Who are despising thee round about.

Before your own wickedness was uncovered? Now you have become like her, an object of reproach and a byword for the daughters of Syria and of Edom and for all who are round about them and for the daughters of the Philistines—those round about who despise you.

58 T hy devices and thine abominations, Thou hast borne them, an affirmation of Jehovah.

You bear the penalty of your lewdness and your abominations, says the Lord.

59 F or thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have dealt with thee as thou hast done, In that thou hast despised an oath -- to break covenant.

Yes, thus says the Lord God: I will even deal with you as you have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant;

60 A nd I -- I have remembered My covenant with thee, In the days of thy youth, And I have established for thee a covenant age-during.

Nevertheless, I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth and I will establish with you an everlasting covenant.

61 A nd thou hast remembered thy ways, And thou hast been ashamed, In thy receiving thy sisters -- Thine elder with thy younger, And I have given them to thee for daughters, And not by thy covenant.

Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed and confounded when you shall receive your sisters, both your elder and your younger; I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of your covenant.

62 A nd I -- I have established My covenant with thee, And thou hast known that I Jehovah.

And I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord,

63 S o that thou dost remember, And thou hast been ashamed, And there is not to thee any more an opening of the mouth because of thy shame, In My receiving atonement for thee, For all that thou hast done, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'

That you may remember and be ashamed and confounded and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done, says the Lord God.