American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. Again the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto me[H559], saying,

2. Son[H1121] of man[H120], cause Jerusalem[H3389] to know[H3045] her abominations[H8441];

3. and say[H559], Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H136] unto Jerusalem[H3389]: Thy birth[H4351] and thy nativity[H4138] is of the land[H776] of the Canaanite[H3669]; the Amorite[H567] was thy father[H1], and thy mother[H517] was a Hittite[H2850].

4. And as for thy nativity[H4138], in the day[H3117] thou wast born[H3205] thy navel[H8270] was not cut[H3772], neither wast thou washed[H7364] in water[H4325] to cleanse[H4935] thee[H4414]; thou wast not salted at all[H4414], nor swaddled[H2853] at all[H2853].

5. No eye[H5869] pitied[H2347] thee[H6213], to do any[H259] of these things unto thee[H2550], to have compassion upon thee[H7993]; but thou wast cast out in the open[H6440] field[H7704], for that thy person[H5315] was abhorred[H1604], in the day[H3117] that thou wast born[H3205].

6. And when I passed[H5674] by thee[H7200], and saw thee weltering[H947] in thy blood[H1818], I said[H559] unto thee[H1818], Though thou art in thy blood, live[H2421]; yea[H559], I said unto thee[H1818], Though thou art in thy blood, live[H2421].

7. I caused[H5414] thee to multiply[H7233] as that which groweth[H6780] in the field[H7704], and thou didst increase[H7235] and wax great[H1431], and thou attainedst[H935] to excellent[H5716] ornament[H5716]; thy breasts[H7699] were fashioned[H3559], and thy hair[H8181] was grown[H6779]; yet thou wast naked[H5903] and bare[H6181].

8. Now when I passed[H5674] by thee[H7200], and looked upon thee[H6256], behold, thy time was the time[H6256] of love[H1730]; and I spread[H6566] my skirt[H3671] over thee[H3680], and covered thy nakedness[H6172]: yea[H7650], I sware unto thee[H935], and entered into a covenant[H1285] with thee[H5002], saith the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069], and thou becamest mine.

9. Then washed[H7364] I thee with water[H4325]; yea[H7857], I thoroughly washed away thy blood[H1818] from thee[H5480], and I anointed thee with oil[H8081].

10. I clothed[H3847] thee also with broidered work[H7553], and shod[H5274] thee with sealskin[H8476], and I girded[H2280] thee about with fine linen[H8336], and covered[H3680] thee with silk[H4897].

11. And I decked[H5710] thee with ornaments[H5716], and I put[H5414] bracelets[H6781] upon thy hands[H3027], and a chain[H7242] on thy neck[H1627].

12. And I put[H5414] a ring[H5141] upon thy nose[H639], and ear-rings[H5694] in thine ears[H241], and a beautiful[H8597] crown[H5850] upon thy head[H7218].

13. Thus wast thou decked[H5710] with gold[H2091] and silver[H3701]; and thy raiment[H4403] was of fine linen[H8336], and silk[H4897], and broidered work[H7553]; thou didst eat[H398] fine flour[H5560], and honey[H1706], and oil[H8081]; and thou wast exceeding[H3966] beautiful[H3302], and thou didst prosper[H6743] unto royal estate[H4410].

14. And thy renown[H8034] went forth[H3318] among the nations[H1471] for thy beauty[H3308]; for it was perfect[H3632], through my majesty[H1926] which I had put[H7760] upon thee[H5002], saith the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069].

15. But thou didst trust[H982] in thy beauty[H3308], and playedst the harlot[H2181] because of thy renown[H8034], and pouredst out[H8210] thy whoredoms[H8457] on every one that passed by[H5674]; his it was.

16. And thou didst take[H3947] of thy garments[H899], and madest for thee high places[H1116] decked[H6213] with divers colors[H2921], and playedst the harlot[H2181] upon them[H935]: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

17. Thou didst also take[H3947] thy fair[H8597] jewels[H3627] of my gold[H2091] and of my silver[H3701], which I had given[H5414] thee[H6213], and madest for thee images[H6754] of men[H2145], and didst play the harlot with them[H2181];

18. and thou tookest[H3947] thy broidered[H7553] garments[H899], and coveredst[H3680] them[H5414], and didst set mine oil[H8081] and mine incense[H7004] before them[H6440].

19. My bread[H3899] also which I gave[H5414] thee[H5560], fine flour, and oil[H8081], and honey[H1706], wherewith I fed[H398] thee[H5414], thou didst even set it before[H6440] them for a sweet[H5207] savor[H7381]; and thus it was[H5002], saith the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069].

20. Moreover thou hast taken[H3947] thy sons[H1121] and thy daughters[H1323], whom thou hast borne[H3205] unto me[H2076], and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured[H398]. Were thy whoredoms[H8457] a small matter[H4592],

21. that thou hast slain[H7819] my children[H1121], and delivered[H5414] them up[H5674], in causing them to pass through the fire unto them?

22. And in all thine abominations[H8441] and thy whoredoms[H8457] thou hast not remembered[H2142] the days[H3117] of thy youth[H5271], when thou wast naked[H5903] and bare[H6181], and wast weltering[H947] in thy blood[H1818].

23. And it is come to pass after[H310] all thy wickedness[H7451], (woe[H188], woe[H188] unto thee[H5002]! saith the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069],)

24. that thou hast built[H1129] unto thee a vaulted place[H1354], and hast made[H6213] thee a lofty place[H7413] in every street[H7339].

25. Thou hast built[H1129] thy lofty place[H7413] at the head[H7218] of every way[H1870], and hast made thy beauty[H3308] an abomination[H8581], and hast opened[H6589] thy feet[H7272] to every one that passed by[H5674], and multiplied[H7235] thy whoredom[H8457].

26. Thou hast also committed fornication[H2181] with the Egyptians[H1121], thy neighbors[H7934], great[H1432] of flesh[H1320]; and hast multiplied[H7235] thy whoredom[H8457], to provoke me to anger[H3707].

27. Behold therefore[H5186], I have stretched out my hand[H3027] over thee[H1639], and have diminished thine ordinary[H2706] food[H5414], and delivered thee unto the will[H5315] of them that hate[H8130] thee[H1323], the daughters of the Philistines[H6430], that are ashamed[H3637] of thy lewd[H2154] way[H1870].

28. Thou hast played the harlot[H2181] also with the Assyrians[H1121], because[H1115] thou wast insatiable[H7646]; yea[H2181], thou hast played the harlot with them[H7654], and yet thou wast not satisfied.

29. Thou hast moreover multiplied[H7235] thy whoredom[H8457] unto the land[H776] of traffic[H3667], unto Chaldea[H3778]; and yet thou wast not satisfied[H7646] herewith[H2063].

30. How weak[H535] is thy heart[H3826], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H136], seeing thou doest[H6213] all these things[H4639], the work of an impudent[H7986, Ruth2] harlot[H2181];

31. in that thou buildest[H1129] thy vaulted place[H1354] at the head[H7218] of every way[H1870], and makest[H6213] thy lofty place[H7413] in every street[H7339], and hast not been as a harlot[H2181], in that thou scornest[H7046] hire[H868].

32. A wife[H802] that committeth adultery[H5003]! that taketh[H3947] strangers[H2114] instead of her husband[H376]!

33. They give[H5414] gifts[H5078] to all harlots[H2181]; but thou givest[H5414] thy gifts[H5083] to all thy lovers[H157], and bribest[H7809] them[H935], that they may come unto thee on every side[H5439] for thy whoredoms[H8457].

34. And thou art different[H2016] from other women[H802] in thy whoredoms[H8457], in that none followeth[H310] thee to play the harlot[H2181]; and whereas thou givest[H5414] hire[H868], and no hire[H868] is given[H5414] unto thee[H1961], therefore thou art different[H2016].

35. Wherefore[H2181], O harlot, hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068]:

36. Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069], Because thy filthiness[H5178] was poured out[H8210], and thy nakedness[H6172] uncovered[H1540] through thy whoredoms[H8457] with thy lovers[H157]; and because of all the idols[H1544] of thy abominations[H8441], and for the blood[H1818] of thy children[H1121], that thou didst give unto them[H5414];

37. therefore behold[H6908], I will gather all thy lovers[H157], with whom thou hast taken pleasure[H6149], and all them that thou hast loved[H157], with all them that thou hast hated[H8130]; I will even gather[H6908] them against thee on every side[H5439], and will uncover[H1540] thy nakedness[H6172] unto them[H7200], that they may see all thy nakedness[H6172].

38. And I will judge[H8199] thee[H5003], as women that break wedlock and shed[H8210] blood[H1818] are judged[H4941]; and I will bring[H5414] upon thee the blood[H1818] of wrath[H2534] and jealousy[H7068].

39. I will also give[H5414] thee into their hand[H3027], and they shall throw down[H2040] thy vaulted place[H1354], and break down[H5422] thy lofty places[H7413]; and they shall strip[H6584] thee of thy clothes[H899], and take[H3947] thy fair[H8597] jewels[H3627]; and they shall leave[H3240] thee naked[H5903] and bare[H6181].

40. They shall also bring up[H5927] a company[H6951] against thee[H7275], and they shall stone thee with stones[H68], and thrust thee through[H1333] with their swords[H2719].

41. And they shall burn[H8313] thy houses[H1004] with fire[H784], and execute[H6213] judgments[H8201] upon thee in the sight[H5869] of many[H7227] women[H802]; and I will cause thee to cease[H7673] from playing the harlot[H2181], and thou shalt also give[H5414] no hire any more[H868].

42. So will I cause my wrath[H2534] toward thee to rest[H5117], and my jealousy[H7068] shall depart[H5493] from thee[H8252], and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry[H3707].

43. Because thou hast not remembered[H2142] the days[H3117] of thy youth[H5271], but hast raged[H7264] against me in all these things[H1887]; therefore, behold, I also will bring[H5414] thy way[H1870] upon thy head[H7218], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H136]: and thou shalt not commit[H6213] this lewdness[H2154] with all thine abominations[H8441].

44. Behold[H4911], every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb[H4911] against thee[H559], saying, As is the mother[H517], so is her daughter[H1323].

45. Thou art the daughter[H1323] of thy mother[H517], that loatheth[H1602] her husband[H376] and her children[H1121]; and thou art the sister[H269] of thy sisters[H269], who loathed[H1602] their husbands[H582] and their children[H1121]: your mother[H517] was a Hittite[H2850], and your father[H1] an Amorite[H567].

46. And thine elder[H1419] sister[H269] is Samaria[H8111], that dwelleth[H3427] at thy left hand[H8040], she and her daughters[H1323]; and thy younger[H6996] sister[H269], that dwelleth[H3427] at thy right hand[H3225], is Sodom[H5467] and her daughters[H1323].

47. Yet hast thou not walked[H1980] in their ways[H1870], nor done[H6213] after their abominations[H8441]; but[H6985], as if that were a very little[H4592] thing[H7843], thou wast more corrupt than they[H2004] in all thy ways[H1870].

48. As I live[H2416], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069], Sodom[H5467] thy sister[H269] hath not done[H6213], she nor her daughters[H1323], as thou hast done[H6213], thou and thy daughters[H1323].

49. Behold[H5771], this was the iniquity of thy sister[H269] Sodom[H5467]: pride[H1347], fulness[H7653] of bread[H3899], and prosperous[H7962] ease[H8252] was in her and in her daughters[H1323]; neither did she strengthen[H2388] the hand[H3027] of the poor[H6041] and needy[H34].

50. And they were haughty[H1361], and committed[H6213] abomination[H8441] before[H6440] me[H5493]: therefore I took them away as I saw good[H7200].

51. Neither hath Samaria[H8111] committed[H2398] half[H2677] of thy sins[H2403]; but thou hast multiplied[H7235] thine abominations[H8441] more than they[H2007], and hast justified[H6663] thy sisters[H269] by all thine abominations[H8441] which thou hast done[H6213].

52. Thou also[H5375], bear thou thine own shame[H3639], in that thou hast given judgment[H6419] for thy sisters[H269]; through thy sins[H2403] that thou hast committed more abominable[H8581] than they[H2004], they are more righteous[H6663] that thou[H954]: yea, be thou also confounded, and bear[H5375] thy shame[H3639], in that thou hast justified[H6663] thy sisters[H269].

53. And I will turn again[H7725] their captivity[H7622], the captivity[H7622] of Sodom[H5467] and her daughters[H1323], and the captivity[H7622] of Samaria[H8111] and her daughters[H1323], and the captivity[H7622] of thy captives[H7622] in the midst of them[H8432];

54. that thou mayest bear[H5375] thine own shame[H3639], and mayest be ashamed[H3637] because of all that thou hast done[H6213], in that thou art a comfort unto them[H5162].

55. And thy sisters[H269], Sodom[H5467] and her daughters[H1323], shall return[H7725] to their former estate[H6927]; and Samaria[H8111] and her daughters[H1323] shall return[H7725] to their former estate[H6927]; and thou and thy daughters[H1323] shall return[H7725] to your former estate[H6927].

56. For thy sister[H269] Sodom[H5467] was not mentioned[H8052] by thy mouth[H6310] in the day[H3117] of thy pride[H1347],

57. before thy wickedness[H7451] was uncovered[H1540], as at the time[H6256] of the reproach[H2781] of the daughters[H1323] of Syria[H758], and of all that are round about[H5439] her[H1323], the daughters of the Philistines[H6430], that do despite[H7590] unto thee round about[H5439].

58. Thou hast borne[H5375] thy lewdness[H2154] and thine abominations[H8441], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].

59. For thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069]: I will also deal[H6213] with thee as thou hast done[H6213], who hast despised[H959] the oath[H423] in breaking[H6565] the covenant[H1285].

60. Nevertheless I will remember[H2142] my covenant[H1285] with thee in the days[H3117] of thy youth[H5271], and I will establish[H6965] unto thee an everlasting[H5769] covenant[H1285].

61. Then shalt thou remember[H2142] thy ways[H1870], and be ashamed[H3637], when thou shalt receive[H3947] thy sisters[H269], thine elder[H1419] sisters and thy younger[H6996]; and I will give[H5414] them unto thee for daughters[H1323], but not by thy covenant[H1285].

62. And I will establish[H6965] my covenant[H1285] with thee[H3045]; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah[H3068];

63. that thou mayest remember[H2142], and be confounded[H954], and never open[H6610] thy mouth[H6310] any more[H6440], because of thy shame[H3639], when I have forgiven[H3722] thee all that thou hast done[H6213], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069].