Ezekiel 16:1–14

Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ²Son of man, ^acause Jerusalem to know her abominations, ³And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy ^†dbirth and thy nativity is of the land of ^eCanaan; ^fthy father was ^gan Amorite, and ^fthy mother ^han Hittite. ⁴And as for thy nativity, ⁱin the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water ^||to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. ^5jNone eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to ^kthe lothing of thy person, ⁱin the day that thou wast born.

⁶And when I passed by thee, and saw thee ^||polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast ^kkin thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast ^kkin thy blood, Live. ^7lI have ^†caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to ^†excellent ⁿornaments: ^othy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast ^pnaked and bare. ⁸Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and ^qI 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 ^rthou becamest mine. ⁹Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy ^†blood from thee, and ^sI anointed thee with oil. ¹⁰I clothed thee also with ^tbroidered work, and ^ttshod thee with ^ubadgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with ^vfine linen, and I covered thee with ^wsilk. ^11xI decked thee also with ornaments, and I put ^ybracelets upon thy hands, and ^za chain ^aon thy neck. ¹²And I put a jewel on thy ^†forehead, and ^bearrings in thine ears, and ^ca beautiful crown upon thine head. ¹³Thus ^dwast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of ^efine linen, and ^esilk, and ^ebroidered work; ^fthou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and ^gthou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. ¹⁴And ^hthy renown went forth among the heathen ^ghfor thy beauty: for it was perfect through my ⁱcomeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.