Ezekiel 16:1–11

The Lord’s Faithless Bride

16Again the word of the Lord came to me: ^2b“Son of man, ^cmake known to Jerusalem her abominations, ³and say, Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are of the land of the Canaanites; your father was an ^dAmorite and your mother a ^eHittite. ⁴And as for your birth, ^fon the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths. ⁵No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you out of compassion for you, ^gbut you were cast out on the open field, for you were abhorred, ^fon the day that you were born.

⁶“And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing ^hin your blood, I said to you ^hin your blood, ‘Live!’ I said to you ^hin your blood, ‘Live!’ ⁷ⁱI made you flourish like a plant of the field. And you grew up and became tall ^jand arrived at full adornment. Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet ^kyou were naked and bare.

⁸“When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and ^lI spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you ^mand entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, ⁿand you became mine. ⁹Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and ^oanointed you with oil. ^10pI clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.^{1 11q}And I adorned you with ornaments and ^rput bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck.