1. The Lord spoke his word to me. He said,
2. “Son of man, make known to the people of Jerusalem the disgusting things they have done.
3. Tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says to the people of Jerusalem: Your birthplace and your ancestors were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.
4. When you were born, your umbilical cord wasn’t cut. You weren’t washed with water to make you clean. You weren’t rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloth.
5. No one who saw you felt sorry enough for you to do any of these things. But you were thrown into an open field. You were rejected when you were born.
6. “‘Then I went by you and saw you kicking around in your own blood. I said to you, “Live.”
7. I made you grow like a plant in the field. You grew up, matured, and became a young woman. Your breasts developed, and your hair grew. Yet, you were naked and bare.
8. “‘I went by you again and looked at you. You were old enough to make love to. So I spread my robe over you, and covered your naked body. I promised to love you, and I exchanged marriage vows with you. You became mine, declares the Almighty Lord.
9. “‘Then I bathed you with water, and I washed off your blood. I poured olive oil over you.
10. I put an embroidered dress on you and fine leather sandals on your feet. I dressed you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
11. I gave you jewelry. I put bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck.
12. I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.
13. So you wore gold and silver jewelry. You were dressed in fine linen, silk, and embroidered clothes. Your food was flour, honey, and olive oil. You were very beautiful, and eventually you became a queen.
14. You became famous in every nation because of your beauty. Your beauty was perfect because I gave you my glory, declares the Almighty Lord.
15. “‘But you trusted your beauty, and you used your fame to become a prostitute. You had sex with everyone who walked by.
16. You took some of your clothes and made your worship sites colorful. This is where you acted like a prostitute. Such things shouldn’t happen. They shouldn’t occur.
17. You took your beautiful gold and silver jewelry that I had given you and made male idols for yourself. Then you committed adultery with them.