⁶“ ‘And I passed by you, and I saw you kicking about in your blood, and I said to you in your blood, “Live! ⁷Grow up;^k I will make you like a plant of the field.” And you grew up, and you became tall and reached full womanhood.^l Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown, but you were naked and bare.

⁸“ ‘And I passed by you, and I saw you, and look, your time of lovemaking had come,^m and so I spread out my hem over you, and I covered your nakedness, and I swore to you, and I entered intoⁿ a covenant with you,’ declares^o the Lord Yahweh, ‘and you became mine.^p ⁹And I washed you with water, and I rinsed off your blood from on you, and I anointed you with oil. ¹⁰And I clothed you with beautiful finished cloth, and I put sandals on you of fine leather, and I bound you in fine linen, and I covered you with costly fabric. ¹¹And I adorned you with ornaments,^q and I put a bracelet on your arms and a necklace on your neck. ¹²And I put an ornamental ring on your nose and earrings on your ears and a beautiful crown^r on your head. ¹³And you adorned yourself with gold and silver, and your clothing was fine linen and costly fabric and beautiful finished cloth; you ate finely milled flour and honey and olive oil, and you became exceedingly beautiful; you were fit to be a queen.^s ¹⁴And a name went out for you among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect because of my majesty that I bestowed on you,’ declares^t the Lord Yahweh.

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Footnotes

kOr “A myriad I have made you”
lLiterally “ornament of ornaments”
mLiterally “your time was the time of lovemaking”
nHebrew “in”
oLiterally “declaration of”
pLiterally “and you were to me”
qHebrew “ornament”
rLiterally “a crown of splendor”
sLiterally “you could succeed to queenship”
tLiterally “declaration of”