God's Word Translation

Ezekiel 16:8-17 God's Word Translation (GW)

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.