23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord God;)

24 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.

25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.

29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith.

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23 “‘Woe!(A) Woe to you, declares the Sovereign Lord. In addition to all your other wickedness, 24 you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine(B) in every public square.(C) 25 At every street corner(D) you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.(E) 26 You engaged in prostitution(F) with the Egyptians,(G) your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger(H) with your increasing promiscuity.(I) 27 So I stretched out my hand(J) against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over(K) to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines,(L) who were shocked by your lewd conduct. 28 You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians(M) too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied.(N) 29 Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia,[a](O) a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:29 Or Chaldea