Verse 62
Ezekiel 16:62
New Living Translation
62
And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/הֲקִימוֹתִ֥י אֲנִ֛י אֶת בְּרִיתִ֖/י אִתָּ֑/ךְ וְ/יָדַ֖עַתְּ כִּֽי אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 16 Context
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Then another message came to me from the LORD:
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“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable sins.
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Give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an A...
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On the day you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were neve...
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No one had the slightest interest in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On the day you were bo...
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“But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I sa...
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And I helped you to thrive like a plant in the field. You grew up and became a beautiful jewel. Your...
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And when I passed by again, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I wrapped my cloak around yo...
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“Then I bathed you and washed off your blood, and I rubbed fragrant oils into your skin.
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I gave you expensive clothing of fine linen and silk, beautifully embroidered, and sandals made of f...
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I gave you lovely jewelry, bracelets, beautiful necklaces,
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a ring for your nose, earrings for your ears, and a lovely crown for your head.
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And so you were adorned with gold and silver. Your clothes were made of fine linen and costly fabric...
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Your fame soon spread throughout the world because of your beauty. I dressed you in my splendor and...
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“But you thought your fame and beauty were your own. So you gave yourself as a prostitute to every m...
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You used the lovely things I gave you to make shrines for idols, where you played the prostitute. Un...
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You took the very jewels and gold and silver ornaments I had given you and made statues of men and w...
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You used the beautifully embroidered clothes I gave you to dress your idols. Then you used my specia...
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Imagine it! You set before them as a sacrifice the choice flour, olive oil, and honey I had given yo...
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“Then you took your sons and daughters — the children you had borne to me — and sacrificed them to y...
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Must you also slaughter my children by sacrificing them to idols?
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In all your years of adultery and detestable sin, you have not once remembered the days long ago whe...
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“What sorrow awaits you, says the Sovereign LORD. In addition to all your other wickedness,
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you built a pagan shrine and put altars to idols in every town square.
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On every street corner you defiled your beauty, offering your body to every passerby in an endless s...
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Then you added lustful Egypt to your lovers, provoking my anger with your increasing promiscuity.
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That is why I struck you with my fist and reduced your boundaries. I handed you over to your enemies...
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You have prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, too. It seems you can never find enough new lovers...
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You added to your lovers by embracing Babylonia, the land of merchants, but you still weren’t satisf...
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“What a sick heart you have, says the Sovereign LORD, to do such things as these, acting like a sham...
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You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. In fac...
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Yes, you are an adulterous wife who takes in strangers instead of her own husband.
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Prostitutes charge for their services — but not you! You give gifts to your lovers, bribing them to...
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So you are the opposite of other prostitutes. You pay your lovers instead of their paying you!
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“Therefore, you prostitute, listen to this message from the LORD!
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This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have poured out your lust and exposed yourself in...
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this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies — the lovers with whom you hav...
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I will punish you for your murder and adultery. I will cover you with blood in my jealous fury.
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Then I will give you to these many nations who are your lovers, and they will destroy you. They will...
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They will band together in a mob to stone you and cut you up with swords.
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They will burn your homes and punish you in front of many women. I will stop your prostitution and e...
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“Then at last my fury against you will be spent, and my jealous anger will subside. I will be calm a...
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But first, because you have not remembered your youth but have angered me by doing all these evil th...
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Everyone who makes up proverbs will say of you, ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
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For your mother loathed her husband and her children, and so do you. And you are exactly like your s...
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“Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters in the north. Your younger sister was S...
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But you have not merely sinned as they did. You quickly surpassed them in corruption.
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As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, Sodom and her daughters were never as wicked as you an...
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Sodom’s sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.
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She was proud and committed detestable sins, so I wiped her out, as you have seen.
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“Even Samaria did not commit half your sins. You have done far more detestable things than your sist...
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Shame on you! Your sins are so terrible that you make your sisters seem righteous, even virtuous.
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“But someday I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and Samaria, and I will restore you, too.
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Then you will be truly ashamed of everything you have done, for your sins make them feel good in com...
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Yes, your sisters, Sodom and Samaria, and all their people will be restored, and at that time you al...
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In your proud days you held Sodom in contempt.
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But now your greater wickedness has been exposed to all the world, and you are the one who is scorne...
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This is your punishment for all your lewdness and detestable sins, says the LORD.
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“Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will give you what you deserve, for you have taken your...
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Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everla...
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Then you will remember with shame all the evil you have done. I will make your sisters, Samaria and...
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And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
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You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silent shame when I forgive you of all that you...
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Verse Information
- Book
- Ezekiel
- Chapter
- Chapter 16 (63 verses)
- Version
- New Living Translation