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Ezekiel 16:34-44 New Century Version (NCV)

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.

39. I will also hand you over to your lovers. They will tear down your places of worship and destroy other places where you worship gods. They will tear off your clothes and take away your jewelry, leaving you naked and bare.

40. They will bring a crowd against you to throw stones at you and to cut you into pieces with their swords.

41. They will burn down your houses and will punish you in front of many women. I will put an end to your sexual sins, and you will no longer pay your lovers.

42. Then I will rest from my anger against you, and I will stop being jealous. I will be quiet and not angry anymore.

43. “ ‘Because you didn’t remember when you were young, but have made me angry in all these ways, I will repay you for what you have done, says the Lord God. Didn’t you add sexual sins to all your other acts which I hate?

44. “ ‘Everyone who uses wise sayings will say this about you: “The daughter is like her mother.”

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