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Ezekiel 16:51-63 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

51. “And Shomeron did not commit half of your sins, but you have increased your abominations more than they, and by all the abominations which you have done you made your sisters seem righteous!

52. “You also, who pleaded for your sisters, bear your own shame, because the sins which you committed were more abominable than theirs. They are more righteous than you. So be ashamed too, and bear your own shame, because you have made your sisters seem righteous.

53. “And I shall turn back their captivity, the captivity of Seḏom and her daughters, and the captivity of Shomeron and her daughters, and the captivity of your captives with them,

54. so that you bear your shame, and shall blush for all that you did when you comforted them,

55. “and your sisters, Seḏom and her daughters, return to their former state, and Shomeron and her daughters return to their former state, and you and your daughters return to your former state.

56. “Was not your sister Seḏom a byword in your mouth in the days of your pride,

57. before your evil was exposed, as the time of the reproach of the daughters of Aram and all who were around her, and of the daughters of the Philistines, who are despising you everywhere?

58. “You shall bear your wickedness and your abominations,” declares יהוה.

59. ‘For thus said the Master יהוה, “I shall deal with you as you have done, in that you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.

60. “But I shall remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I shall establish an everlasting covenant with you.

61. “And you shall remember your ways and be ashamed, when you receive your older and your younger sisters. And I shall give them to you for daughters, though not by your own covenant.

62. “And I Myself shall establish My covenant with you. And you shall know that I am יהוה,

63. so that you remember. And you shall be ashamed, and never open your mouth any more because of your shame, when I pardon you for all you have done,” declares the Master יהוה.’ ”

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