13 So you were adorned with (A)gold and silver, and your dress was of fine linen, silk, and colorfully woven cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil; so you were exceedingly beautiful and advanced to (B)royalty. 14 Then your (C)fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was (D)perfect because of My splendor which I bestowed on you,” declares the Lord God.

15 “But you (E)trusted in your beauty and (F)became unfaithful because of your fame, and you poured out your [a]obscene practices on every passer-by to whom it might be tempting.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:15 I.e., idolatrous practices with nations

13 So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes(A) were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil(B) and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.(C) 14 And your fame(D) spread among the nations on account of your beauty,(E) because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.(F)

15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by(G) and your beauty became his.(H)

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