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Ezekiel 16:11-21 Good News Bible (GNB)

11. I put jewels on you — bracelets and necklaces.

12. I gave you a nose-ring and earrings and a beautiful crown to wear.

13. You had ornaments of gold and silver, and you always wore clothes of embroidered linen and silk. You ate bread made from the best flour, and had honey and olive oil to eat. Your beauty was dazzling, and you became a queen.

14. You became famous in every nation for your perfect beauty, because I was the one who made you so lovely.” This is what the Sovereign Lord says.

15. “But you took advantage of your beauty and fame to sleep with everyone who came along.

16. You used some of your clothes to decorate your places of worship, and just like a prostitute, you gave yourself to everyone.

17. You took the silver and gold jewellery that I had given you, used it to make male images, and committed adultery with them.

18. You took the embroidered clothes I gave you and put them on the images, and you offered to the images the olive oil and incense I had given you.

19. I gave you food — the best flour, olive oil, and honey — but you offered it as a sacrifice to win the favour of idols.” This is what the Sovereign Lord says.

20. “Then you took the sons and the daughters you had borne me and offered them as sacrifices to idols. Wasn't it bad enough to be unfaithful to me,

21. without taking my children and sacrificing them to idols?

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