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Ezekiel 16:10-17 New English Translation (NET)

10. I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

11. I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.

12. I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.

13. You were adorned with gold and silver, while your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate the finest flour, honey, and olive oil. You became extremely beautiful and attained the position of royalty.

14. Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the sovereign Lord.

15. “‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty became his.

16. You took some of your clothing and made for yourself decorated high places; you engaged in prostitution on them. You went to him to become his.

17. You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution with them.

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