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Ezekiel 16:31-38 New Century Version (NCV)

31. You built your place to worship gods at the beginning of every street, and you made places of worship in every city square. But you were not like a prostitute when you refused to accept payment.

32. “ ‘You are a wife who is guilty of adultery. You desire strangers instead of your husband.

33. Men pay prostitutes, but you pay all your lovers to come to you. And they come from all around for sexual relations.

34. So you are different from other prostitutes. No man asks you to be a prostitute, and you pay money instead of having money paid to you. Yes, you are different.

35. “ ‘So, prostitute, hear the word of the Lord.

36. This is what the Lord God says: You showed your nakedness to other countries. You uncovered your body in your sexual sins with them as your lovers and with all your hateful idols. You killed your children and offered their blood to your idols.

37. So I will gather all your lovers with whom you found pleasure. Yes, I will gather all those you loved and those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can see your nakedness.

38. I will punish you as women guilty of adultery or as murderers are punished. I will put you to death because I am angry and jealous.

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