The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 15:8 (NIV)

I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign Lord.’

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 16:1 (ESV)

Again the word of the Lord came to me:

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 16:2 (ESV)

“Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,

 

[LoveinChrist]

Ezekiel 16:3 (NKJV)

and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: “Your [a]birth and your nativity are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

 

[Lorielhn]

Ezekiel 16:4 (KJV)

And as for thy nativity, in the day thou was born thy navel was not cut, neither was thou washed in water to supple thee; thou was not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 16:5 (ESV)
No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you out of compassion for you, but you were cast out on the open field, for you were abhorred, on the day that you were born.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 16:6 (NASB)
“When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’

 

[Lorielhn]

Ezekiel 16:7 (KJV)

“I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou was naked and bare.”

 

[Lorielhn]

Ezekiel 16:8 (KJV)

“Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.”

 

[Lorielhn]

Ezekiel 16:9 (KJV)

“Then washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.”

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 16:10 (NIV)

I clothed you with an embroidered dress and put sandals of fine leather on you. I dressed you in fine linen
and covered you with costly garments.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 16:11 (NIV)

I adorned you with jewellery: I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace round your neck,

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 16:12 (NKJV)
And I put a jewel in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.

 

[LoveinChrist]

Ezekiel 16:13 (NKJV)

Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate pastry of fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and succeeded to royalty.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 16:14 (NIV)

And your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, because the splendour I had given you made
your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 16:15 (NIV)

‘“But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favours on anyone
who passed by and your beauty became his.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 16:16 (NKJV)
You took some of your garments and adorned multicolored high places for yourself, and played the harlot on them. Such things should not happen, nor be.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 16:17 (NKJV)
You have also taken your beautiful jewelry from My gold and My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images and played the harlot with them.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezekiel 16:18 (NKJV)
You took your embroidered garments and covered them, and you set My oil and My incense before them.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ezekiel 16:19 (NASB)

Also My bread which I gave you, fine flour, oil, and honey with which I fed you, you would offer before them
for a soothing aroma; so it happened,” declares the Lord God.