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Ezekiel 16:30-34 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

30. How wild your lust!—oracle of the Lord God—that you did all these works of a shameless prostitute,

31. when you built your platform at every intersection and set up your high place in every public square. But unlike a prostitute, you disdained payment.

32. Adulterous wife, taking strangers in place of her husband!

33. Prostitutes usually receive gifts. But you bestowed gifts on all your lovers, bribing them to come to you for prostitution from every side.

34. Thus in your prostitution you were different from any other woman. No one solicited you for prostitution. Instead, you yourself offered payment; what a reversal!

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