逐节对照
- New Living Translation - “You say, ‘That’s not true! I haven’t worshiped the images of Baal!’ But how can you say that? Go and look in any valley in the land! Face the awful sins you have done. You are like a restless female camel desperately searching for a mate.
- 新标点和合本 - 你怎能说： ‘我没有玷污、没有随从众巴力’？ 你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。 你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱走。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你怎能说： ‘我没有玷污，没有随从巴力’？ 看看你在谷中所做的，思想你自己的所作所为； 你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱闯。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你怎能说： ‘我没有玷污，没有随从巴力’？ 看看你在谷中所做的，思想你自己的所作所为； 你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱闯。
- 当代译本 - “你怎能说， ‘我没有玷污自己， 也没有随从巴力’？ 看看你在山谷中的行径， 想想你的所作所为。 你是一只烦躁不安的母骆驼， 跑来跑去。
- 圣经新译本 - “你怎么能说：‘我没有玷污自己， 未曾跟从过巴力’呢？ 看看你在谷中的行径， 想想你所作过的！ 简直像快捷的小雌驼，在路上乱闯；
- 现代标点和合本 - “你怎能说 ‘我没有玷污，没有随从众巴力’？ 你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。 你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱走。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 你怎能说： ‘我没有玷污，没有随从众巴力’？ 你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。 你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱走；
- New International Version - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? See how you behaved in the valley; consider what you have done. You are a swift she-camel running here and there,
- New International Reader's Version - “You say, ‘I am “clean.” I haven’t followed the gods that are named Baal.’ How can you say that? Remember how you acted in the valley. Consider what you have done. You are like a female camel running quickly here and there.
- English Standard Version - How can you say, ‘I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done— a restless young camel running here and there,
- The Message - “How dare you tell me, ‘I’m not stained by sin. I’ve never chased after the Baal sex gods’! Well, look at the tracks you’ve left behind in the valley. How do you account for what is written in the desert dust— Tracks of a camel in heat, running this way and that, tracks of a wild donkey in rut, Sniffing the wind for the slightest scent of sex. Who could possibly corral her! On the hunt for sex, sex, and more sex— insatiable, indiscriminate, promiscuous.
- Christian Standard Bible - How can you protest, “I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals”? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young camel twisting and turning on her way,
- New American Standard Bible - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley! Know what you have done! You are a swift young camel running about senselessly on her ways,
- New King James Version - “How can you say, ‘I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley; Know what you have done: You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
- Amplified Bible - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after [man-made gods like] the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley; Know [without any doubt] what you have done! You are a swift and restless young [female] camel [in the heat of her passion] running here and there,
- American Standard Version - How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
- King James Version - How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
- New English Translation - “How can you say, ‘I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.’ Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.
- World English Bible - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
- 新標點和合本 - 你怎能說： 我沒有玷污、沒有隨從眾巴力？ 你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。 你是快行的獨峯駝，狂奔亂走。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你怎能說： 『我沒有玷污，沒有隨從巴力』？ 看看你在谷中所做的，思想你自己的所作所為； 你是快行的獨峯駝，狂奔亂闖。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你怎能說： 『我沒有玷污，沒有隨從巴力』？ 看看你在谷中所做的，思想你自己的所作所為； 你是快行的獨峯駝，狂奔亂闖。
- 當代譯本 - 「你怎能說， 『我沒有玷污自己， 也沒有隨從巴力』？ 看看你在山谷中的行徑， 想想你的所作所為。 你是一隻煩躁不安的母駱駝， 跑來跑去。
- 聖經新譯本 - “你怎麼能說：‘我沒有玷污自己， 未曾跟從過巴力’呢？ 看看你在谷中的行徑， 想想你所作過的！ 簡直像快捷的小雌駝，在路上亂闖；
- 呂振中譯本 - 你怎能說：「我沒有被沾污， 我沒有隨從眾 巴力 」呢？ 看你的路在平谷中， 就知道你所作的是甚麼—— 嘿 ，一隻迅速輕快的獨峰駝！ 狂奔亂闖，跑道交錯！
- 現代標點和合本 - 「你怎能說 『我沒有玷汙，沒有隨從眾巴力』？ 你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。 你是快行的獨峰駝，狂奔亂走。
- 文理和合譯本 - 爾安得曰、我未染污衊、未從巴力乎、觀爾在谷之途、則知爾之所為、爾若捷足孤峯之駝、馳行其路、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 爾豈得曰、不染污衊、未從巴力乎。爾於谷中所行、爾自知之、如牝駱駝、相誘以風、馳逐遠去。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾豈可曰、我不染污穢、未從 巴力 、惟觀爾於谷中所行、當自知所為、爾若足疾之牝駝、狂奔亂馳、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »¿Cómo puedes decir: “No me he contaminado, ni me he ido tras los baales”? ¡Considera tu conducta en el valle! ¡Reconoce lo que has hecho! ¡Camella ligera de cascos, que no puedes quedarte quieta!
- 현대인의 성경 - 네가 어떻게 자신을 더럽히지 않고 바알을 섬기지 않았다고 말할 수 있느냐? 골짜기에 있는 길을 보아라. 네가 행한 일을 알게 될 것이다. 너는 정신 없이 이리저리 뛰어다니는 암낙타 같고
- Новый Русский Перевод - Как ты можешь говорить: «Я не осквернилась, я не ходила вслед Баалам»? Посмотри, как вела ты себя в долине, подумай о том, что сделала. Ты – норовистая верблюдица, мечущаяся из стороны в сторону,
- Восточный перевод - Как ты можешь говорить: «Я не осквернилась, я не поклонялась статуям Баала»? Посмотри, как вела ты себя в долине, подумай о том, что сделала. Ты – норовистая верблюдица, мечущаяся из стороны в сторону,
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Как ты можешь говорить: «Я не осквернилась, я не поклонялась статуям Баала»? Посмотри, как вела ты себя в долине, подумай о том, что сделала. Ты – норовистая верблюдица, мечущаяся из стороны в сторону,
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Как ты можешь говорить: «Я не осквернилась, я не поклонялась статуям Баала»? Посмотри, как вела ты себя в долине, подумай о том, что сделала. Ты – норовистая верблюдица, мечущаяся из стороны в сторону,
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Comment oses-tu dire : ╵« Je ne me suis jamais souillée, je ne suis pas allée ╵après les Baals » ? Va observer dans la vallée ╵les traces de tes pas ! Reconnais ce que tu as fait, chamelle écervelée, ╵qui vagabonde ╵dans tous les sens,
- リビングバイブル - 「それでもなお、そんなはずはない、 偶像を拝んだ覚えなどない、と言いはるのか。 なぜ、そんなことが言えるのか。 試しに、この国のどの谷へでも行ってみよ。 必死に雄を探し求める雌のらくだよ、 おまえの犯した恐ろしい罪を直視せよ。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Como você pode dizer que não se contaminou e que não correu atrás dos baalins? Reveja o seu procedimento no vale e considere o que você tem feito. Você é como uma camela jovem e arisca que corre para todos os lados;
- Hoffnung für alle - Wie kannst du da behaupten: ›Ich habe nichts getan! Niemals bin ich anderen Göttern nachgelaufen‹? Führ dir doch vor Augen, was du da unten im Hinnomtal treibst, denk über deine Taten nach! Du bist wie eine brünstige Kamelstute, die ständig hin und her läuft,
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Ngươi dám nói: ‘Tôi đâu bị ô uế! Tôi đâu có thờ lạy thần tượng Ba-anh!’ Nhưng sao ngươi có thể nói vậy? Hãy đi và nhìn vào bất cứ thung lũng nào trên đất! Hãy đối diện với tội lỗi ghê rợn ngươi đã làm. Ngươi giống như lạc đà cái nhảy tung tăng liều mạng tìm kiếm người bạn đời.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “เจ้าพูดออกมาได้อย่างไรว่า ‘ข้าไม่มีมลทิน ข้าไม่ได้วิ่งตามพระบาอัล’? ก็ดูสิว่าเจ้าได้ประพฤติตัวอย่างไร จงพิจารณาดูสิ่งที่เจ้าทำในหุบเขานั้น เจ้าเป็นอูฐตัวเมียที่อยู่ไม่สุข วิ่งพล่านไปนั่นไปนี่
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “เจ้าพูดได้อย่างไรว่า ‘ข้าพเจ้าไม่มีมลทิน ข้าพเจ้าไม่ได้นมัสการเทพเจ้าบาอัล’ ดูวิถีทางของเจ้าในหุบเขาสิ เจ้ารู้ว่าเจ้าได้ทำอะไรไปบ้าง เหมือนกับอูฐสาวที่วิ่งไปวิ่งมา
交叉引用
- Genesis 3:12 - The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”
- Genesis 3:13 - Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What have you done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied. “That’s why I ate it.”
- Ezekiel 16:1 - Then another message came to me from the Lord:
- Ezekiel 16:2 - “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable sins.
- Ezekiel 16:3 - Give her this message from the Sovereign Lord: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
- Ezekiel 16:4 - 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.
- Ezekiel 16:5 - No one had the slightest interest in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On the day you were born, you were unwanted, dumped in a field and left to die.
- Ezekiel 16:6 - “But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, ‘Live!’
- Ezekiel 16:7 - And I helped you to thrive like a plant in the field. You grew up and became a beautiful jewel. Your breasts became full, and your body hair grew, but you were still naked.
- Ezekiel 16:8 - And when I passed by again, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
- Ezekiel 16:9 - “Then I bathed you and washed off your blood, and I rubbed fragrant oils into your skin.
- Ezekiel 16:10 - I gave you expensive clothing of fine linen and silk, beautifully embroidered, and sandals made of fine goatskin leather.
- Ezekiel 16:11 - I gave you lovely jewelry, bracelets, beautiful necklaces,
- Ezekiel 16:12 - a ring for your nose, earrings for your ears, and a lovely crown for your head.
- Ezekiel 16:13 - And so you were adorned with gold and silver. Your clothes were made of fine linen and costly fabric and were beautifully embroidered. You ate the finest foods—choice flour, honey, and olive oil—and became more beautiful than ever. You looked like a queen, and so you were!
- Ezekiel 16:14 - Your fame soon spread throughout the world because of your beauty. I dressed you in my splendor and perfected your beauty, says the Sovereign Lord.
- Ezekiel 16:15 - “But you thought your fame and beauty were your own. So you gave yourself as a prostitute to every man who came along. Your beauty was theirs for the asking.
- Ezekiel 16:16 - You used the lovely things I gave you to make shrines for idols, where you played the prostitute. Unbelievable! How could such a thing ever happen?
- Ezekiel 16:17 - You took the very jewels and gold and silver ornaments I had given you and made statues of men and worshiped them. This is adultery against me!
- Ezekiel 16:18 - You used the beautifully embroidered clothes I gave you to dress your idols. Then you used my special oil and my incense to worship them.
- Ezekiel 16:19 - Imagine it! You set before them as a sacrifice the choice flour, olive oil, and honey I had given you, says the Sovereign Lord.
- Ezekiel 16:20 - “Then you took your sons and daughters—the children you had borne to me—and sacrificed them to your gods. Was your prostitution not enough?
- Ezekiel 16:21 - Must you also slaughter my children by sacrificing them to idols?
- Ezekiel 16:22 - In all your years of adultery and detestable sin, you have not once remembered the days long ago when you lay naked in a field, kicking about in your own blood.
- Ezekiel 16:23 - “What sorrow awaits you, says the Sovereign Lord. In addition to all your other wickedness,
- Ezekiel 16:24 - you built a pagan shrine and put altars to idols in every town square.
- Ezekiel 16:25 - On every street corner you defiled your beauty, offering your body to every passerby in an endless stream of prostitution.
- Ezekiel 16:26 - Then you added lustful Egypt to your lovers, provoking my anger with your increasing promiscuity.
- Ezekiel 16:27 - That is why I struck you with my fist and reduced your boundaries. I handed you over to your enemies, the Philistines, and even they were shocked by your lewd conduct.
- Ezekiel 16:28 - You have prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, too. It seems you can never find enough new lovers! And after your prostitution there, you still were not satisfied.
- Ezekiel 16:29 - You added to your lovers by embracing Babylonia, the land of merchants, but you still weren’t satisfied.
- Ezekiel 16:30 - “What a sick heart you have, says the Sovereign Lord, to do such things as these, acting like a shameless prostitute.
- Ezekiel 16:31 - You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. In fact, you have been worse than a prostitute, so eager for sin that you have not even demanded payment.
- Ezekiel 16:32 - Yes, you are an adulterous wife who takes in strangers instead of her own husband.
- Ezekiel 16:33 - Prostitutes charge for their services—but not you! You give gifts to your lovers, bribing them to come and have sex with you.
- Ezekiel 16:34 - So you are the opposite of other prostitutes. You pay your lovers instead of their paying you!
- Ezekiel 16:35 - “Therefore, you prostitute, listen to this message from the Lord!
- Ezekiel 16:36 - This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have poured out your lust and exposed yourself in prostitution to all your lovers, and because you have worshiped detestable idols, and because you have slaughtered your children as sacrifices to your gods,
- Ezekiel 16:37 - this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies—the lovers with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated—and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you.
- Ezekiel 16:38 - I will punish you for your murder and adultery. I will cover you with blood in my jealous fury.
- Ezekiel 16:39 - Then I will give you to these many nations who are your lovers, and they will destroy you. They will knock down your pagan shrines and the altars to your idols. They will strip you and take your beautiful jewels, leaving you stark naked.
- Ezekiel 16:40 - They will band together in a mob to stone you and cut you up with swords.
- Ezekiel 16:41 - They will burn your homes and punish you in front of many women. I will stop your prostitution and end your payments to your many lovers.
- Ezekiel 16:42 - “Then at last my fury against you will be spent, and my jealous anger will subside. I will be calm and will not be angry with you anymore.
- Ezekiel 16:43 - But first, because you have not remembered your youth but have angered me by doing all these evil things, I will fully repay you for all of your sins, says the Sovereign Lord. For you have added lewd acts to all your detestable sins.
- Ezekiel 16:44 - Everyone who makes up proverbs will say of you, ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
- Ezekiel 16:45 - For your mother loathed her husband and her children, and so do you. And you are exactly like your sisters, for they despised their husbands and their children. Truly your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
- Ezekiel 16:46 - “Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters in the north. Your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters in the south.
- Ezekiel 16:47 - But you have not merely sinned as they did. You quickly surpassed them in corruption.
- Ezekiel 16:48 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, Sodom and her daughters were never as wicked as you and your daughters.
- Ezekiel 16:49 - Sodom’s sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.
- Ezekiel 16:50 - She was proud and committed detestable sins, so I wiped her out, as you have seen.
- Ezekiel 16:51 - “Even Samaria did not commit half your sins. You have done far more detestable things than your sisters ever did. They seem righteous compared to you.
- Ezekiel 16:52 - Shame on you! Your sins are so terrible that you make your sisters seem righteous, even virtuous.
- Ezekiel 16:53 - “But someday I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and Samaria, and I will restore you, too.
- Ezekiel 16:54 - Then you will be truly ashamed of everything you have done, for your sins make them feel good in comparison.
- Ezekiel 16:55 - Yes, your sisters, Sodom and Samaria, and all their people will be restored, and at that time you also will be restored.
- Ezekiel 16:56 - In your proud days you held Sodom in contempt.
- Ezekiel 16:57 - But now your greater wickedness has been exposed to all the world, and you are the one who is scorned—by Edom and all her neighbors and by Philistia.
- Ezekiel 16:58 - This is your punishment for all your lewdness and detestable sins, says the Lord.
- Ezekiel 16:59 - “Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will give you what you deserve, for you have taken your solemn vows lightly by breaking your covenant.
- Ezekiel 16:60 - Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
- Ezekiel 16:61 - Then you will remember with shame all the evil you have done. I will make your sisters, Samaria and Sodom, to be your daughters, even though they are not part of our covenant.
- Ezekiel 16:62 - And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 16:63 - You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silent shame when I forgive you of all that you have done. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
- Psalms 50:21 - While you did all this, I remained silent, and you thought I didn’t care. But now I will rebuke you, listing all my charges against you.
- Psalms 36:2 - In their blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are.
- Esther 8:16 - The Jews were filled with joy and gladness and were honored everywhere.
- Ezekiel 23:1 - This message came to me from the Lord:
- Ezekiel 23:2 - “Son of man, once there were two sisters who were daughters of the same mother.
- Ezekiel 23:3 - They became prostitutes in Egypt. Even as young girls, they allowed men to fondle their breasts.
- Ezekiel 23:4 - The older girl was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. I married them, and they bore me sons and daughters. I am speaking of Samaria and Jerusalem, for Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 23:5 - “Then Oholah lusted after other lovers instead of me, and she gave her love to the Assyrian officers.
- Ezekiel 23:6 - They were all attractive young men, captains and commanders dressed in handsome blue, charioteers driving their horses.
- Ezekiel 23:7 - And so she prostituted herself with the most desirable men of Assyria, worshiping their idols and defiling herself.
- Ezekiel 23:8 - For when she left Egypt, she did not leave her spirit of prostitution behind. She was still as lewd as in her youth, when the Egyptians slept with her, fondled her breasts, and used her as a prostitute.
- Ezekiel 23:9 - “And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.
- Ezekiel 23:10 - They stripped her, took away her children as their slaves, and then killed her. After she received her punishment, her reputation was known to every woman in the land.
- Ezekiel 23:11 - “Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her footsteps. And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.
- Ezekiel 23:12 - She fawned over all the Assyrian officers—those captains and commanders in handsome uniforms, those charioteers driving their horses—all of them attractive young men.
- Ezekiel 23:13 - I saw the way she was going, defiling herself just like her older sister.
- Ezekiel 23:14 - “Then she carried her prostitution even further. She fell in love with pictures that were painted on a wall—pictures of Babylonian military officers, outfitted in striking red uniforms.
- Ezekiel 23:15 - Handsome belts encircled their waists, and flowing turbans crowned their heads. They were dressed like chariot officers from the land of Babylonia.
- Ezekiel 23:16 - When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her.
- Ezekiel 23:17 - So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. After being defiled, however, she rejected them in disgust.
- Ezekiel 23:18 - “In the same way, I became disgusted with Oholibah and rejected her, just as I had rejected her sister, because she flaunted herself before them and gave herself to satisfy their lusts.
- Ezekiel 23:19 - Yet she turned to even greater prostitution, remembering her youth when she was a prostitute in Egypt.
- Ezekiel 23:20 - She lusted after lovers with genitals as large as a donkey’s and emissions like those of a horse.
- Ezekiel 23:21 - And so, Oholibah, you relived your former days as a young girl in Egypt, when you first allowed your breasts to be fondled.
- Ezekiel 23:22 - “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will send your lovers against you from every direction—those very nations from which you turned away in disgust.
- Ezekiel 23:23 - For the Babylonians will come with all the Chaldeans from Pekod and Shoa and Koa. And all the Assyrians will come with them—handsome young captains, commanders, chariot officers, and other high-ranking officers, all riding their horses.
- Ezekiel 23:24 - They will all come against you from the north with chariots, wagons, and a great army prepared for attack. They will take up positions on every side, surrounding you with men armed with shields and helmets. And I will hand you over to them for punishment so they can do with you as they please.
- Ezekiel 23:25 - I will turn my jealous anger against you, and they will deal harshly with you. They will cut off your nose and ears, and any survivors will then be slaughtered by the sword. Your children will be taken away as captives, and everything that is left will be burned.
- Ezekiel 23:26 - They will strip you of your beautiful clothes and jewels.
- Ezekiel 23:27 - In this way, I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you brought from Egypt. You will never again cast longing eyes on those things or fondly remember your time in Egypt.
- Ezekiel 23:28 - “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will surely hand you over to your enemies, to those you loathe, those you rejected.
- Ezekiel 23:29 - They will treat you with hatred and rob you of all you own, leaving you stark naked. The shame of your prostitution will be exposed to all the world.
- Ezekiel 23:30 - You brought all this on yourself by prostituting yourself to other nations, defiling yourself with all their idols.
- Ezekiel 23:31 - Because you have followed in your sister’s footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terror she drank.
- Ezekiel 23:32 - “Yes, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “You will drink from your sister’s cup of terror, a cup that is large and deep. It is filled to the brim with scorn and derision.
- Ezekiel 23:33 - Drunkenness and anguish will fill you, for your cup is filled to the brim with distress and desolation, the same cup your sister Samaria drank.
- Ezekiel 23:34 - You will drain that cup of terror to the very bottom. Then you will smash it to pieces and beat your breast in anguish. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!
- Ezekiel 23:35 - “And because you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: You must bear the consequences of all your lewdness and prostitution.”
- Ezekiel 23:36 - The Lord said to me, “Son of man, you must accuse Oholah and Oholibah of all their detestable sins.
- Ezekiel 23:37 - They have committed both adultery and murder—adultery by worshiping idols and murder by burning as sacrifices the children they bore to me.
- Ezekiel 23:38 - Furthermore, they have defiled my Temple and violated my Sabbath day!
- Ezekiel 23:39 - On the very day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they boldly came into my Temple to worship! They came in and defiled my house.
- Ezekiel 23:40 - “You sisters sent messengers to distant lands to get men. Then when they arrived, you bathed yourselves, painted your eyelids, and put on your finest jewels for them.
- Ezekiel 23:41 - You sat with them on a beautifully embroidered couch and put my incense and my special oil on a table that was spread before you.
- Ezekiel 23:42 - From your room came the sound of many men carousing. They were lustful men and drunkards from the wilderness, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your heads.
- Ezekiel 23:43 - Then I said, ‘If they really want to have sex with old worn-out prostitutes like these, let them!’
- Ezekiel 23:44 - And that is what they did. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, these shameless prostitutes.
- Ezekiel 23:45 - But righteous people will judge these sister cities for what they really are—adulterers and murderers.
- Ezekiel 23:46 - “Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Bring an army against them and hand them over to be terrorized and plundered.
- Ezekiel 23:47 - For their enemies will stone them and kill them with swords. They will butcher their sons and daughters and burn their homes.
- Ezekiel 23:48 - In this way, I will put an end to lewdness and idolatry in the land, and my judgment will be a warning to all women not to follow your wicked example.
- Ezekiel 23:49 - You will be fully repaid for all your prostitution—your worship of idols. Yes, you will suffer the full penalty. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”
- Jeremiah 9:14 - Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them.
- Luke 10:29 - The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
- Isaiah 57:5 - You worship your idols with great passion beneath the oaks and under every green tree. You sacrifice your children down in the valleys, among the jagged rocks in the cliffs.
- Isaiah 57:6 - Your gods are the smooth stones in the valleys. You worship them with liquid offerings and grain offerings. They, not I, are your inheritance. Do you think all this makes me happy?
- Proverbs 28:13 - People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.
- Romans 3:19 - Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God.
- Jeremiah 2:33 - “How you plot and scheme to win your lovers. Even an experienced prostitute could learn from you!
- Jeremiah 2:34 - Your clothing is stained with the blood of the innocent and the poor, though you didn’t catch them breaking into your houses!
- Jeremiah 2:35 - And yet you say, ‘I have done nothing wrong. Surely God isn’t angry with me!’ But now I will punish you severely because you claim you have not sinned.
- Proverbs 30:20 - An adulterous woman consumes a man, then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”
- Jeremiah 31:22 - How long will you wander, my wayward daughter? For the Lord will cause something new to happen— Israel will embrace her God. ”
- Jeremiah 3:2 - “Look at the shrines on every hilltop. Is there any place you have not been defiled by your adultery with other gods? You sit like a prostitute beside the road waiting for a customer. You sit alone like a nomad in the desert. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and your wickedness.
- Revelation 3:17 - You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.
- Revelation 3:18 - So I advise you to buy gold from me—gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. Also buy white garments from me so you will not be shamed by your nakedness, and ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see.
- 1 Samuel 15:13 - When Samuel finally found him, Saul greeted him cheerfully. “May the Lord bless you,” he said. “I have carried out the Lord’s command!”
- 1 Samuel 15:14 - “Then what is all the bleating of sheep and goats and the lowing of cattle I hear?” Samuel demanded.
- Proverbs 30:12 - They are pure in their own eyes, but they are filthy and unwashed.
- Jeremiah 7:31 - They have built pagan shrines at Topheth, the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!