Ezekiel 16

¹ And there is a wordword of JehovahJehovah unto me, saying,

² `Son of manSon of man, cause JerusalemJerusalem to knowknow her abominations, and thou hast saidsaid:

³ Thus saidsaid the LordLord JehovahJehovah to JerusalemJerusalem: Thy birthbirth and thy nativitynativity [Are] of the landland of the Canaanite, Thy fatherfather the Amorite, and thy mothermother a HittiteHittite.

⁴ As to thy nativitynativity, in the dayday thou wast bornborn, Thou -- thy navel hath not been cut, And in waterwater thou wast not washedwashed for ease, And thou hast not been salted at all, And thou hast not been swaddled at all.

⁵ No eyeeye hath had pity on thee, to do to thee any of these, To have compassion on thee, And thou art cast on the faceface of the fieldfield, With loathing of thy person. In the dayday thou hast been bornborn -- thou!

⁶ And I do passpass over by thee, And I seesee thee trodden down in thy bloodblood, And I saysay to thee in thy bloodblood, Live, And I saysay to thee in thy bloodblood, Live.

⁷ A myriad -- as the shoot of the fieldfield I have made thee, And thou art multiplied, and art great, And comestcomest in with an excellent adornment, BreastsBreasts have been formed, and thy hairhair hath grown -- And thou, nakednaked and bare!

⁸ And I passpass over by thee, and I seesee thee, And lo, thy timetime [is] a timetime of loves, And I spread My skirt over thee, And I covercover thy nakednessnakedness, And I swearswear to thee, and comecome in to a covenant with thee, An affirmation of the LordLord JehovahJehovah, And thou dost become Mine.

⁹ And I do washwash thee with waterwater, And I washwash away thy bloodblood from off thee, And I anoint thee with perfume.

¹⁰ And I clothe thee with embroidery, And I shoe thee with badger's skin, And I gird thee with fine linenfine linen, And I covercover thee with figured silksilk.

¹¹ And I adorn thee with adornments, And I givegive braceletsbracelets for thy handshands, And a chain for thy neck.

¹² And I givegive a ring for thy nosenose, And rings for thine ears, And a crown of beauty on thy headhead.

¹³ And thou dost putput on goldgold and silversilver, And thy clothingclothing [is] fine linenfine linen, And figured silksilk and embroideryembroidery, Fine flourFine flour, and honeyhoney, and oiloil thou hast eateneaten, And thou art very very beautiful, And dost go prosperously to the kingdom.

¹⁴ And go forthgo forth doth thy namename among nationsnations, Because of thy beautybeauty -- for it [is] complete, In My honour that I have set upon thee, An affirmation of the LordLord JehovahJehovah.

¹⁵ And thou dost trust in thy beautybeauty, And goest a-whoring because of thy renown, And dost pour outpour out thy whoredoms On every passer by -- to him it is.

¹⁶ And thou dost take of thy garmentsgarments, And dost make to thee spottedspotted highhigh-places, And dost go a-whoring upon them, They are not comingcoming in -- nor shall it be!

¹⁷ And thou dost take thy beauteous vesselsvessels Of My goldgold and My silversilver that I gave to thee, And dost make to thee imagesimages of a male, And dost go a-whoring with them,

¹⁸ And dost take the garmentsthe garments of thy embroidery, And thou dost covercover them, And My oiloil and My perfume thou hast set beforebefore them.

¹⁹ And My breadbread, that I gave to thee, Fine flourFine flour, and oiloil, and honeyhoney, that I caused thee to eateat. Thou hast even set it beforebefore them, For a sweetsweet fragrancefragrance -- thus it is, An affirmation of the LordLord JehovahJehovah.

²⁰ And thou dost take thy sons and thy daughtersdaughters Whom thou hast bornborn to Me, And dost sacrifice them to them for food. Is it a little thing because of thy whoredoms,

²¹ That thou dost slaughterslaughter My sons, And dost givegive them up in causing them to passpass over to them?

²² And with all thine abominations and thy whoredoms, Thou hast not rememberedremembered the daysdays of thy youthyouth, When thou wast nakednaked and bare, Trodden down in thy bloodblood thou wast!

²³ And it cometh to pass, afterafter all thy wickednesswickedness, (Wo, wo, to thee -- an affirmation of the LordLord JehovahJehovah),

²⁴ That thou dost buildbuild to thee an arch, And dost make to thee a highhigh place in every broad placebroad place.

²⁵ At every headhead of the wayway thou hast builtbuilt thy highhigh place, And thou dost make thy beautybeauty abominable, And dost openopen wide thy feetfeet to every passer by, And dost multiplymultiply thy whoredoms,

²⁶ And dost go a-whoring unto sons of EgyptEgypt, Thy neighbours -- great of appetite! And thou dost multiplymultiply thy whoredoms, To provoke Me to angeranger.

²⁷ And lo, I have stretched outstretched out My handhand against thee, And I diminish thy portion, And givegive thee to the desire of those hatinghating thee, The daughtersdaughters of the PhilistinesPhilistines, Who are ashamedashamed of thy wicked wayway.

²⁸ And thou goest a-whoring unto sons of Asshur, Without thy being satisfiedsatisfied, And thou dost go a-whoring with them, And also -- thou hast not been satisfiedsatisfied.

²⁹ And thou dost multiplymultiply thy whoredoms On the land of Canaanland of Canaan -- toward ChaldeaChaldea, And even with this thou hast not been satisfiedsatisfied.

³⁰ How weak [is] thy heart, An affirmation of the LordLord JehovahJehovah, In thy doing all these, The workwork of a domineering whorish womanwoman.

³¹ In thy buildingbuilding thine arch at the headhead of every wayway, Thy highhigh place thou hast made in every broad placebroad place, And -- hast not been as a whore deriding a gift.

³² The wifewife who committeth adultery -- Under her husbandhusband -- doth receive strangers.

³³ To all whores they givegive a gift, And -- thou hast givengiven thy gifts to all thy loverslovers, And dost bribe them to comecome in unto thee, From round aboutround about -- in thy whoredoms.

³⁴ And the contrary is in thee from womenwomen in thy whoredoms, That afterafter thee none doth go a-whoring; And in thy givinggiving a gift, And a gift hath not been givengiven to thee; And thou art become contrary.

³⁵ Therefore, O whore, hearhear a wordword of JehovahJehovah,

³⁶ Thus saidsaid the LordLord JehovahJehovah: Because of thy brassbrass being poured forth, And thy nakednessnakedness is revealed in thy whoredoms near thy loverslovers, And near all the idolsidols of thy abominations, And according to the bloodblood of thy sons, Whom thou hast givengiven to them;

³⁷ Therefore, lo, I am assembling all thy loverslovers, To whom thou hast been sweet, And all whom thou hast lovedloved, Besides all whom thou hast hatedhated; And I have assembled them by thee round about, And have revealed thy nakednessnakedness to them, And they have seenseen all thy nakednessnakedness.

³⁸ And I have judgedjudged thee -- judgmentsjudgments of adultresses, And of women shedding bloodblood, And have givengiven thee bloodblood, furyfury, and jealousy.

³⁹ And I have givengiven thee into their handhand, And they have thrown down thine arch, And they have broken down thy highhigh places, And they have striptstript thee of thy garmentsgarments, And they have taken thy beauteous vesselsvessels, And they have left thee nakednaked and bare.

⁴⁰ And have caused an assemblyassembly to come up against thee, And stoned thee with stonesstones, And thrust thee through with their swordsswords,

⁴¹ And burnt thy houseshouses with firefire, And done in thee judgments before the eyeseyes of manymany womenwomen, And I have caused thee to cease from going a-whoring, And also a gift thou givestgivest no more.

⁴² And I have caused My furyfury against thee to rest, And My jealousy hath turned aside from thee, And I have been quietquiet, and I am not angryangry any more.

⁴³ Because thou hast not rememberedremembered the daysdays of thy youthyouth, And dost givegive trouble to Me in all these, Lo, even I also thy wayway at first gave up, An affirmation of the LordLord JehovahJehovah, And I did not this thought for all thine abominations.

⁴⁴ Lo, every oneevery one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mothermother -- her daughter!

⁴⁵ Thy mother'smother's daughter thou [art], Loathing her husbandhusband and her sons, And thy sisterssisters' sistersister thou [art], Who loathed their husbands and their sons, Your mothermother [is] a HittiteHittite, and your fatherfather an Amorite.

⁴⁶ And thine elderelder sistersister [is] SamariaSamaria, she and her daughtersdaughters, Who is dwellingdwelling at thy left handleft hand, And thy youngeryounger sistersister, who is dwellingdwelling on thy right handright hand, [is] SodomSodom and her daughtersdaughters.

⁴⁷ And -- in their waysways thou hast not walkedwalked, And according to their abominations done, As a little thing it hath been loathed, And thou dost more corruptly than they in all thy waysways.

⁴⁸ I live -- an affirmation of the LordLord JehovahJehovah, SodomSodom thy sistersister hath not done -- she and her daughtersdaughters -- As thou hast done -- thou and thy daughtersdaughters.

⁴⁹ Lo, this hath been the iniquityiniquity of SodomSodom thy sistersister, Arrogancy, fulness of breadbread, and quietquiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughtersdaughters, And the handhand of the afflicted and needyneedy She hath not strengthenedstrengthened.

⁵⁰ And they are haughty and do abomination beforebefore Me, And I turn them aside when I have seenseen.

⁵¹ As to SamariaSamaria, as the halfhalf of thy sinssins -- she hath not sinned, And thou dost multiplymultiply thine abominations more than they, And dost justifyjustify thy sisterssisters by all thy abominations that thou hast done.

⁵² Thou also -- bearbear thy shameshame, That thou hast adjudged to thy sisterssisters, Because of thy sinssins that thou hast done more abominably than they, They are more righteousrighteous than thou, And thou, also, be ashamedashamed and bearbear thy shameshame, In thy justifyingjustifying thy sisterssisters.

⁵³ And I have turnedturned backback [to] their captivitycaptivity, The captivitycaptivity of SodomSodom and her daughtersdaughters, And the captivitycaptivity of SamariaSamaria and her daughtersdaughters, And the captivitycaptivity of thy captivescaptives in their midstmidst,

⁵⁴ So that thou dost bearbear thy shameshame, And hast been ashamedashamed of all that thou hast done, In thy comfortingcomforting them.

⁵⁵ And thy sisterssisters, SodomSodom and her daughtersdaughters, Do turn backback to their former statestate, And SamariaAnd Samaria and her daughtersdaughters Do turn backback to their former statestate, And thou and thy daughtersdaughters do turn backback to your former statestate.

⁵⁶ And thy sistersister SodomSodom hath not been for a report in thy mouthmouth, In the day ofday of thine arrogancy,

⁵⁷ Before thy wickednesswickedness is revealed, As [at] the timetime of the reproachreproach of the daughtersdaughters of AramAram, And of all her neighbours, the daughtersdaughters of the PhilistinesPhilistines, Who are despising thee round about.

⁵⁸ Thy devices and thine abominations, Thou hast borne them, an affirmation of JehovahJehovah.

⁵⁹ For thus saidsaid the LordLord JehovahJehovah: I have dealt with thee as thou hast done, In that thou hast despiseddespised an oathoath -- to break covenant.

⁶⁰ And I -- I have rememberedremembered My covenant with thee, In the daysdays of thy youthyouth, And I have established for thee a covenant age-during.

⁶¹ And thou hast rememberedremembered thy waysways, And thou hast been ashamedashamed, In thy receiving thy sisterssisters -- Thine elderelder with thy youngeryounger, And I have givengiven them to thee for daughtersdaughters, And not by thy covenant.

⁶² And I -- I have established My covenant with thee, And thou hast knownknown that I [am] JehovahJehovah.

⁶³ So that thou dost rememberremember, And thou hast been ashamedashamed, And there is not to thee any more an openingopening of the mouthmouth because of thy shameshame, In My receiving atonement for thee, For all that thou hast done, An affirmation of the LordLord JehovahJehovah!'

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stretched
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satisfied
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given
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lovers
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women
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giving
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hear
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brass
Brass and iron as in Isaiah 48:4 and Daniel 7:19 signify what is hard.

idols
Idols of stone signify worship from falsities of doctrine. Idols of wood signify worship from evils of doctrine. Idols of silver signify worship from what...

loved
To some degree, there really is no spiritual meaning to the word “love” in the Bible. Why? Because if you truly love another, that is...

hated
If you truly hate someone, that means you would kill them and destroy their reputation if you could do so without repercussion – not a...

seen
To look,' as in Genesis 18:22, signifies thinking, because seeing denotes understanding. Look not back behind thee,' as in Genesis 19:17, means that Lot, who...

judged
It’s easy to see the connection between judging and truth. In a court of law, the judge’s whole purpose is to find the truth. In...

judgments
'Ordinances' in the prophets, signify changes relative to spiritual and celestial things, both in general and particular, which are also compared to the changes of...

fury
Fury is a receding from good, and anger is a receding from truth.

stript
As in Micah 1:8, 'to be stripped' signifies being without goods, and 'to be naked' signifies being without truths.

assembly
A congregation is a group of people with common loves, interests, and purposes. It often refers to a church group. In the Word it is...

stones
Stones in the Bible in general represent truths, or things we know concerning the Lord and what He wants from us and for us in...

swords
A 'sword,' in the Word, signifies the truth of faith combating and the vastation of truth. In an opposite sense, it signifies falsity combating and...

houses
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...

fire
Just as natural fire can be both comforting in keeping you warm or scary in burning down your house, so fire in the spiritual sense...

eyes
It’s common to say “I see” when we understand something. And indeed, “seeing” in the Bible represents grasping and understanding spiritual things. So it makes...

many
Intellectual things – ideas, knowledge, facts, even insight and understanding – are more separate and free-standing than emotional things, and it’s easier to imagine numbering...

givest
Like other common verbs, the meaning of "give" in the Bible is affected by context: who is giving what to whom? In general, though, giving...

quiet
When something is described as quiet, still or calm in the Bible, it represents the state of peace that comes with being aligned with the...

angry
Anger is an emotion so common to people that it requires no definition. However a couple of points of interest can be raised. 1) The...

Every one
The phrase “Every one,” where it occurs in Genesis 20:7, signifies every thing or all things.

mother's
In general, mothers in the Bible represent the Lord's church on earth, or the church among those who know and follow the Lord. In some...

sisters
The Lord calls people who are in truth from the good of charity from Him 'sisters,' as in Matthew 12:50. 'Sister' denotes intellectual truth, when...

sister
The Lord calls people who are in truth from the good of charity from Him 'sisters,' as in Matthew 12:50. 'Sister' denotes intellectual truth, when...

elder
In general, things that are “elder” in the Bible represent spiritual states that come before others. For example, of the two sisters Jacob married, Leah...

samaria
'The woman of Samaria' signifies the church which would be founded among the Gentiles.

dwelling
Many people were nomadic in Biblical times, especially the times of the Old Testament, and lived in tents that could be struck, moved and re-raised...

Left hand
'The left hand' in a negative sense signifies falsity which is used to produce evil.

younger
In general, birth order in the Bible reflects the progression of spiritual states, but the specifics of those states depends greatly on context: who the...

Right hand
'The right hand' signifies the whole of a person regarding intellectual power, and so, regarding faith. 'To place the right hand on the head,' signifies...

sodom
"Sodom" in the Bible represents the love of self and the love of ruling or dominating others springing from the love of self. This is...

ways
'To set a way,' as in Genesis 30:36, signifies being separated.

walked
To walk in the Bible represents living, and usually means living according to the true things taught to us by the Lord -- to "walk...

iniquity
In the Word three terms are used to mean bad things that are done. These three are transgression, iniquity, and sin, and they are here...

needy
In most cases, those described as "needy" in the Bible are those who lack true knowledge of the Lord and his teachings, but have a...

strengthened
To 'be strengthened,' as in Genesis 21:18, signifies being supported.

half
Half and double in reference to numbers in the world have a similar signification as the numbers themselves.

sins
In the Word three terms are used to mean bad things that are done. These three are transgression, iniquity, and sin, and they are here...

justify
'To justify,' as in Isaiah 5:3, 11, signifies saving by means of divine good.

bear
Like many verbs, the spiritual meaning of "bearing" something depends greatly on context – what it is that's being borne, and why. It is further...

shame
On a natural level, there are a variety of things that can cause shame. We might be ashamed of physical weakness or ugliness; we might...

righteous
He is said to be 'just' in a spiritual sense, who lives according to divine laws. They on the right hand being called 'just,' as...

justifying
He is said to be 'just' in a spiritual sense, who lives according to divine laws. They on the right hand being called 'just,' as...

turned
Swedenborg says that the Lord is the sun of heaven, and like the natural sun of our world shines on everyone, good or evil. What...

back
Everyone knows the phrase "the natural order of things." It means that everything is in its proper place, occupying the niche it is meant to...

captivity
Captivity and spoil (Daniel 11:33) signifies the deprivation of every truth and good.

captives
Captivity and spoil (Daniel 11:33) signifies the deprivation of every truth and good.

midst
'Middle' denotes what is primary, principal, or inmost.

comforting
When the Bible talks about someone being comforted or consoled, it generally means that they are being offered ideas that will help bring them to...

state
A general description of the six states of regeneration can be found in Arcana Coelestia 6-13, a description of a full state, in Arcana Coelestia...

and Samaria
The fourscore men who came from Schechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, as in Jeremiah 41:5, represented the profanations of good and truth.

mouth
In most cases, "mouth" in the Bible represents thought and logic, especially the kind of active, concrete thought that is connected with speech. The reason...

day of
'Day of vengeance' signifies a state of damnation.

reproach
To revile something – or "reproach," as it is often translated – represents making a direct and deliberate attack on what is spiritually true, in...

aram
'Syria,' as in Ezekiel 27:16, signifies the church regarding knowledges of truth and good.

despised
We tend to think of "despising" something or someone as just a strong way of expressing dislike, but there is a further shade of meaning...

oath
An oath' or 'swearing' signifies confirmation and conjunction.

known
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...

remember
'To remember,' as in Genesis 41:9, signifies conjunction. 'Remembering' denotes conjunction because the remembrance of anyone in the other life joins them together, because as...

opening
To open,' as in Revelation 9, signifies communication and conjunction.

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