New International Reader's Version

Ezekiel 16:10-18 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

10. I put a beautiful dress on you. I gave you leather sandals. I dressed you in fine linen. I covered you with expensive clothes.

11. I decorated you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your arms. I gave you a necklace for your neck.

12. I put rings on your nose and ears. And I gave you a beautiful crown for your head.

13. " ' "So you were decorated with gold and silver. Your clothes were made out of fine linen. They were made of expensive and beautiful cloth. Your food was made out of fine flour, honey and olive oil. You became very beautiful. You became a queen.

14. You were so beautiful that your fame spread among the nations. The glory I had given you made your beauty perfect," announces the Lord and King.

15. " ' "But you trusted in your beauty. You used your fame to become a prostitute. You offered your body freely to anyone who passed by. In fact, you gave yourself to anyone who wanted you.

16. You used some of your clothes to make high places colorful. That is where people worshiped other gods. You were a prostitute there. Things like that should never happen. They should never take place.

17. " ' "I had given you fine jewelry. It was made out of gold and silver. You used it to make for yourself statues of male gods. You worshiped those gods. You were not faithful to me.

18. You put your beautiful clothes on them. You offered my oil and incense to them.