Verse 4

Ezekiel 16:4

New Living Translation

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4 On the day you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were never washed, rubbed with salt, and wrapped in cloth.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וּ/מוֹלְדוֹתַ֗יִ/ךְ בְּ/י֨וֹם הוּלֶּ֤דֶת אֹתָ/ךְ֙ לֹֽא כָרַּ֣ת שָׁרֵּ֔/ךְ וּ/בְ/מַ֥יִם לֹֽא רֻחַ֖צְתְּ לְ/מִשְׁעִ֑י וְ/הָמְלֵ֨חַ֙ לֹ֣א הֻמְלַ֔חַתְּ וְ/הָחְתֵּ֖ל לֹ֥א חֻתָּֽלְתְּ

English Translation

And your birth pains on your birthday did not tear you, and in water you were not washed for your cleanliness, and the salt was not rubbed on you, and you were not swaddled.

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Chapter 16 Context

1 Then another message came to me from the LORD: Focus ↗

2 “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable sins. Focus ↗

3 Give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an A... Focus ↗

4 On the day you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were neve...

5 No one had the slightest interest in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On the day you were bo... Focus ↗

6 “But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I sa... Focus ↗

7 And I helped you to thrive like a plant in the field. You grew up and became a beautiful jewel. Your... Focus ↗

8 And when I passed by again, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I wrapped my cloak around yo... Focus ↗

9 “Then I bathed you and washed off your blood, and I rubbed fragrant oils into your skin. Focus ↗

10 I gave you expensive clothing of fine linen and silk, beautifully embroidered, and sandals made of f... Focus ↗

11 I gave you lovely jewelry, bracelets, beautiful necklaces, Focus ↗

12 a ring for your nose, earrings for your ears, and a lovely crown for your head. Focus ↗

13 And so you were adorned with gold and silver. Your clothes were made of fine linen and costly fabric... Focus ↗

14 Your fame soon spread throughout the world because of your beauty. I dressed you in my splendor and... Focus ↗

15 “But you thought your fame and beauty were your own. So you gave yourself as a prostitute to every m... Focus ↗

16 You used the lovely things I gave you to make shrines for idols, where you played the prostitute. Un... Focus ↗

17 You took the very jewels and gold and silver ornaments I had given you and made statues of men and w... Focus ↗

18 You used the beautifully embroidered clothes I gave you to dress your idols. Then you used my specia... Focus ↗

19 Imagine it! You set before them as a sacrifice the choice flour, olive oil, and honey I had given yo... Focus ↗

20 “Then you took your sons and daughters — the children you had borne to me — and sacrificed them to y... Focus ↗

21 Must you also slaughter my children by sacrificing them to idols? Focus ↗

22 In all your years of adultery and detestable sin, you have not once remembered the days long ago whe... Focus ↗

23 “What sorrow awaits you, says the Sovereign LORD. In addition to all your other wickedness, Focus ↗

24 you built a pagan shrine and put altars to idols in every town square. Focus ↗

25 On every street corner you defiled your beauty, offering your body to every passerby in an endless s... Focus ↗

26 Then you added lustful Egypt to your lovers, provoking my anger with your increasing promiscuity. Focus ↗

27 That is why I struck you with my fist and reduced your boundaries. I handed you over to your enemies... Focus ↗

28 You have prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, too. It seems you can never find enough new lovers... Focus ↗

29 You added to your lovers by embracing Babylonia, the land of merchants, but you still weren’t satisf... Focus ↗

30 “What a sick heart you have, says the Sovereign LORD, to do such things as these, acting like a sham... Focus ↗

31 You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. In fac... Focus ↗

32 Yes, you are an adulterous wife who takes in strangers instead of her own husband. Focus ↗

33 Prostitutes charge for their services — but not you! You give gifts to your lovers, bribing them to... Focus ↗

34 So you are the opposite of other prostitutes. You pay your lovers instead of their paying you! Focus ↗

35 “Therefore, you prostitute, listen to this message from the LORD! Focus ↗

36 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have poured out your lust and exposed yourself in... Focus ↗

37 this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies — the lovers with whom you hav... Focus ↗

38 I will punish you for your murder and adultery. I will cover you with blood in my jealous fury. Focus ↗

39 Then I will give you to these many nations who are your lovers, and they will destroy you. They will... Focus ↗

40 They will band together in a mob to stone you and cut you up with swords. Focus ↗

41 They will burn your homes and punish you in front of many women. I will stop your prostitution and e... Focus ↗

42 “Then at last my fury against you will be spent, and my jealous anger will subside. I will be calm a... Focus ↗

43 But first, because you have not remembered your youth but have angered me by doing all these evil th... Focus ↗

44 Everyone who makes up proverbs will say of you, ‘Like mother, like daughter.’ Focus ↗

45 For your mother loathed her husband and her children, and so do you. And you are exactly like your s... Focus ↗

46 “Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters in the north. Your younger sister was S... Focus ↗

47 But you have not merely sinned as they did. You quickly surpassed them in corruption. Focus ↗

48 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, Sodom and her daughters were never as wicked as you an... Focus ↗

49 Sodom’s sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door. Focus ↗

50 She was proud and committed detestable sins, so I wiped her out, as you have seen. Focus ↗

51 “Even Samaria did not commit half your sins. You have done far more detestable things than your sist... Focus ↗

52 Shame on you! Your sins are so terrible that you make your sisters seem righteous, even virtuous. Focus ↗

53 “But someday I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and Samaria, and I will restore you, too. Focus ↗

54 Then you will be truly ashamed of everything you have done, for your sins make them feel good in com... Focus ↗

55 Yes, your sisters, Sodom and Samaria, and all their people will be restored, and at that time you al... Focus ↗

56 In your proud days you held Sodom in contempt. Focus ↗

57 But now your greater wickedness has been exposed to all the world, and you are the one who is scorne... Focus ↗

58 This is your punishment for all your lewdness and detestable sins, says the LORD. Focus ↗

59 “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will give you what you deserve, for you have taken your... Focus ↗

60 Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everla... Focus ↗

61 Then you will remember with shame all the evil you have done. I will make your sisters, Samaria and... Focus ↗

62 And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD. Focus ↗

63 You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silent shame when I forgive you of all that you... Focus ↗

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Book: Ezekiel
Chapter: Chapter 16 (63 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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