1Again the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , 2Son of man , cause Jerusalem to know her abominations ; 3and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem : Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite ; the Amorite was thy father, and thy mother was a Hittite . 4And as for thy nativity , in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut , neither wast thou washed in water to cleanse thee ; thou wast not salted at all , nor swaddled at all . 5No eye pitied thee , to do any of these things unto thee , to have compassion upon thee ; but thou wast cast out in the open field , for that thy person was abhorred , in the day that thou wast born . 6And when I passed by thee , and saw thee weltering in thy blood , I said unto thee , Though thou art in thy blood , live ; yea, I said unto thee , Though thou art in thy blood , live . 7I caused thee to multiply as that which groweth in the field , and thou didst increase and wax great , and thou attainedst to excellent ornament ; thy breasts were fashioned , and thy hair was grown ; yet thou wast naked and bare . 8Now when I passed by thee , and looked upon thee , behold , thy time was the time of love ; and I spread my skirt over thee , and covered thy nakedness : yea, I sware unto thee , and entered into a covenant with thee , saith the Lord Jehovah , and thou becamest mine . 9Then washed I thee with water ; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil . 10I clothed thee also with broidered work , and shod thee with sealskin, and I girded thee about with fine linen , and covered thee with silk . 11And I decked thee with ornaments , and I put bracelets upon thy hands , and a chain on thy neck . 12And I put a ring upon thy nose, and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head . 13Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver ; and thy raiment was of fine linen , and silk , and broidered work ; thou didst eat fine flour , and honey , and oil ; and thou wast exceeding beautiful , and thou didst prosper unto royal estate. 14And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty ; for it was perfect , through my majesty which I had put upon thee , saith the Lord Jehovah .
Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness
15But thou didst trust in thy beauty , and playedst the harlot because of thy renown , and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by ; his it was . 16And thou didst take of thy garments, and madest for thee high places decked with divers colors , and playedst the harlot upon them : the like things shall not come , neither shall it be so . 17Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver , which I had given thee , and madest for thee images of men , and didst play the harlot with them ; 18and thou tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them , and didst set mine oil and mine incense before them . 19My bread also which I gave thee , fine flour , and oil , and honey , wherewith I fed thee , thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savor; and thus it was , saith the Lord Jehovah . 20Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters , whom thou hast borne unto me , and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter , 21that thou hast slain my children , and delivered them up , in causing them to pass through the fire unto them ? 22And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth , when thou wast naked and bare , and wast weltering in thy blood . 23And it is come to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah ), 24that thou hast built unto thee a vaulted place , and hast made thee a lofty place in every street . 25Thou hast built thy lofty place at the head of every way , and hast made thy beauty an abomination, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by , and multiplied thy whoredom . 26Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians , thy neighbors , great of flesh ; and hast multiplied thy whoredom , to provoke me to anger . 27Behold therefore , I have stretched out my hand over thee , and have diminished thine ordinary food , and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee , the daughters of the Philistines , that are ashamed of thy lewd way . 28Thou hast played the harlot also with the Assyrians , because thou wast insatiable; yea , thou hast played the harlot with them , and yet thou wast not satisfied . 29Thou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom unto the land of traffic, unto Chaldea ; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith . 30How weak is thy heart , saith the Lord Jehovah , seeing thou doest all these things , the work of an impudent harlot ; 31in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way , and makest thy lofty place in every street , and hast not been as a harlot , in that thou scornest hire. 32A wife that committeth adultery ! that taketh strangers instead of her husband! 33They give gifts to all harlots ; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and bribest them , that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms . 34And thou art different from other women in thy whoredoms , in that none followeth thee to play the harlot ; and whereas thou givest hire, and no hire is given unto thee , therefore thou art different .
The Consequences of Infidelity
35Wherefore , O harlot , hear the word of Jehovah : 36Thus saith the Lord Jehovah , Because thy filthiness was poured out , and thy nakedness uncovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers; and because of all the idols of thy abominations , and for the blood of thy children , that thou didst give unto them ; 37therefore behold , I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure , and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated ; I will even gather them against thee on every side , and will uncover thy nakedness unto them , that they may see all thy nakedness . 38And I will judge thee , as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged ; and I will bring upon thee the blood of wrath and jealousy . 39I will also give thee into their hand , and they shall throw down thy vaulted place , and break down thy lofty places ; and they shall strip thee of thy clothes, and take thy fair jewels ; and they shall leave thee naked and bare . 40They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords . 41And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot , and thou shalt also give no hire any more . 42So will I cause my wrath toward thee to rest , and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet , and will be no more angry . 43Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth , but hast raged against me in all these things ; therefore , behold , I also will bring thy way upon thy head , saith the Lord Jehovah : and thou shalt not commit this lewdness with all thine abominations .
Restoration and Hope
44Behold , every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter . 45Thou art the daughter of thy mother, that loatheth her husband and her children ; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children : your mother was a Hittite , and your father an Amorite. 46And thine elder sister is Samaria , that dwelleth at thy left hand , she and her daughters ; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand , is Sodom and her daughters . 47Yet hast thou not walked in their ways , nor done after their abominations ; but , as if that were a very little thing , thou wast more corrupt than they in all thy ways . 48As I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , Sodom thy sister hath not done , she nor her daughters , as thou hast done , thou and thy daughters . 49Behold , this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom : pride , fulness of bread , and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters ; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy . 50And they were haughty , and committed abomination before me : therefore I took them away as I saw good . 51Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins ; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they , and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done . 52Thou also , bear thou thine own shame , in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they , they are more righteous than thou : yea , be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame , in that thou hast justified thy sisters. 53And I will turn again their captivity , the captivity of Sodom and her daughters , and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters , and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them ; 54that thou mayest bear thine own shame , and mayest be ashamed because of all that thou hast done , in that thou art a comfort unto them . 55And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters , shall return to their former estate ; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate ; and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate . 56For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride , 57before thy wickedness was uncovered , as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her , the daughters of the Philistines , that do despite unto thee round about . 58Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations , saith Jehovah . 59For thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will also deal with thee as thou hast done , who hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant . 60Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth , and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant . 61Then shalt thou remember thy ways , and be ashamed , when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder sisters and thy younger ; and I will give them unto thee for daughters , but not by thy covenant . 62And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah ; 63that thou mayest remember , and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more , because of thy shame , when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done , saith the Lord Jehovah .