Ezekiel 16:8-21

Christian Standard Bible

⁸ “‘Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed at the age for love. So I spread the edge of my garment over you and covered your nakedness.^(A) I pledged myself to you,^(B) entered into a covenant with you—this is the declaration of the Lord God—and you became mine.^{(C) 9} I washed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil. ¹⁰ I clothed you in embroidered cloth and provided you with fine leather^[a] sandals. I also wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk. ¹¹ I adorned you with jewelry, putting bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck. ¹² I put a ring in your nose,^(D) earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. ¹³ So you were adorned with gold and silver,^(E) and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became extremely beautiful and attained royalty. ¹⁴ Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through my splendor,^(F) which I had bestowed on you. This is the declaration of the Lord God.

¹⁵ “‘But you trusted in your beauty and acted like a prostitute because of your fame.^(G) You lavished your sexual favors on everyone who passed by.^(H) Your beauty became his.^{[b] 16} You took some of your clothing and made colorful high places for yourself, and you engaged in prostitution on them. These places should not have been built, and this should never have happened!^{[c] 17} You also took your beautiful jewelry made from the gold and silver I had given you, and you made male images so that you could engage in prostitution with them.^{(I) 18} Then you took your embroidered clothing to cover them and set my oil and incense before them. ¹⁹ The food that I gave you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I fed you—you set it before them as a pleasing aroma.^(J) That is what happened. This is the declaration of the Lord God.

²⁰ “‘You even took your sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to these images as food.^(K) Wasn’t your prostitution enough? ²¹ You slaughtered my children and gave them up when you passed them through the fire^(L) to the images.