1 The word of the LORD came to me:2 "Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable practices3 and say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.4 On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.5 No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.6 "'Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!" [^1]7 I made you grow like a plant of the field. You grew and developed and entered puberty. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, yet you were stark naked.8 "'Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.9 "'I bathed you with water and washed the blood from you and put ointments on you.10 I clothed you with an embroidered dress and put sandals of fine leather on you. I dressed you in fine linen and covered you with costly garments.11 I adorned you with jewelry: I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck,12 and I put a ring on your nose, earrings on your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.13 So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.14 And your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign LORD.15 "'But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by and your beauty became his.16 You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places, where you carried on your prostitution. You went to him, and he possessed your beauty. [^2]17 You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them.18 And you took your embroidered clothes to put on them, and you offered my oil and incense before them.19 Also the food I provided for you —the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat —you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign LORD.20 "'And you took your sons and daughters whom you bore to me and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough?21 You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.22 In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, kicking about in your blood.23 "'Woe! Woe to you, declares the Sovereign LORD. In addition to all your other wickedness,24 you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine in every public square.25 At every street corner you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.26 You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger with your increasing promiscuity.27 So I stretched out my hand against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were shocked by your lewd conduct.28 You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied.29 Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia, "a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.30 "'I am filled with fury against you, "declares the Sovereign LORD, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute!31 When you built your mounds at every street corner and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were unlike a prostitute, because you scorned payment.32 "'You adulterous wife! You prefer strangers to your own husband!33 All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.34 So in your prostitution you are the opposite of others; no one runs after you for your favors. You are the very opposite, for you give payment and none is given to you.35 "'Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the LORD!36 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you poured out your lust and exposed your naked body in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children's blood,37 therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and will strip you in front of them, and they will see you stark naked.38 I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and who shed blood; I will bring on you the blood vengeance of my wrath and jealous anger.39 Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked.40 They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and hack you to pieces with their swords.41 They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women. I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay your lovers.42 Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.43 "'Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will surely bring down on your head what you have done, declares the Sovereign LORD. Did you not add lewdness to all your other detestable practices?44 "'Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: "Like mother, like daughter."45 You are a true daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and her children; and you are a true sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.46 Your older sister was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom.47 You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.49 "'Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.50 They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.51 Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done.52 Bear your disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous than you. So then, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.53 "'However, I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and of Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them,54 so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in giving them comfort.55 And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to what they were before; and you and your daughters will return to what you were before.56 You would not even mention your sister Sodom in the day of your pride,57 before your wickedness was uncovered. Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom "and all her neighbors and the daughters of the Philistines —all those around you who despise you.58 You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your detestable practices, declares the LORD.59 "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant.60 Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both those who are older than you and those who are younger. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on the basis of my covenant with you.62 So I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD.63 Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign LORD.'"

1 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens : 2 Fili hominis, notas fac Jerusalem abominationes suas, 3 et dices : Hc dicit Dominus Deus Jerusalem : Radix tua et generatio tua de terra Chanaan : pater tuus Amorrhus, et mater tua Cetha. 4 Et quando nata es, in die ortus tui non est prcisus umbilicus tuus, et aqua non es lota in salutem, nec sale salita, nec involuta pannis. 5 Non pepercit super te oculus, ut faceret tibi unum de his, misertus tui : sed projecta es super faciem terr in abjectione anim tu in die qua nata es.6 Transiens autem per te, vidi te conculcari in sanguine tuo : et dixi tibi cum esses in sanguine tuo : Vive, dixi, inquam, tibi : in sanguine tuo vive. 7 Multiplicatam quasi germen agri dedi te : et multiplicata es, et grandis effecta, et ingressa es, et pervenisti ad mundum muliebrem : ubera tua intumuerunt, et pilus tuus germinavit : et eras nuda, et confusione plena. 8 Et transivi per te, et vidi te : et ecce tempus tuum, tempus amantium : et expandi amictum meum super te, et operui ignominiam tuam : et juravi tibi, et ingressus sum pactum tecum, ait Dominus Deus, et facta es mihi. 9 Et lavi te aqua, et emundavi sanguinem tuum ex te, et unxi te oleo. 10 Et vestivi te discoloribus, et calceavi te janthino, et cinxi te bysso, et indui te subtilibus : 11 et ornavi te ornamento, et dedi armillas in manibus tuis, et torquem circa collum tuum : 12 et dedi inaurem super os tuum, et circulos auribus tuis, et coronam decoris in capite tuo. 13 Et ornata es auro et argento, et vestita es bysso et polymito et multicoloribus : similam, et mel, et oleum comedisti : et decora facta es vehementer nimis, et profecisti in regnum.14 Et egressum est nomen tuum in gentes propter speciem tuam, quia perfecta eras in decore meo quem posueram super te, dicit Dominus Deus. 15 Et habens fiduciam in pulchritudine tua, fornicata es in nomine tuo : et exposuisti fornicationem tuam omni transeunti, et ejus fieres. 16 Et sumens de vestimentis tuis, fecisti tibi excelsa hinc inde consuta, et fornicata es super eis sicut non est factum, neque futurum est. 17 Et tulisti vasa decoris tui de auro meo atque argento meo, qu dedi tibi, et fecisti tibi imagines masculinas, et fornicata es in eis. 18 Et sumpsisti vestimenta tua multicoloria, et operuisti illas, et oleum meum et thymiama meum posuisti coram eis. 19 Et panem meum quem dedi tibi, similam, et oleum, et mel, quibus enutrivi te, posuisti in conspectu eorum in odorem suavitatis : et factum est, ait Dominus Deus. 20 Et tulisti filios tuos et filias tuas quas generasti mihi, et immolasti eis ad devorandum. Numquid parva est fornicatio tua ? 21 Immolasti filios meos, et dedisti, illos consecrans, eis. 22 Et post omnes abominationes tuas et fornicationes, non es recordata dierum adolescenti tu, quando eras nuda et confusione plena, conculcata in sanguine tuo. 23 Et accidit post omnem malitiam tuam (v, v tibi ! ait Dominus Deus), 24 et dificasti tibi lupanar, et fecisti tibi prostibulum in cunctis plateis. 25 Ad omne caput vi dificasti signum prostitutionis tu, et abominabilem fecisti decorem tuum : et divisisti pedes tuos omni transeunti, et multiplicasti fornicationes tuas : 26 et fornicata es cum filiis gypti, vicinis tuis, magnarum carnium : et multiplicasti fornicationem tuam ad irritandum me. 27 Ecce ego extendam manum meam super te, et auferam justificationem tuam, et dabo te in animas odientium te filiarum Palstinarum, qu erubescunt in via tua scelerata. 28 Et fornicata es in filiis Assyriorum eo quod necdum fueris expleta : et postquam fornicata es, nec sic es satiata : 29 et multiplicasti fornicationem tuam in terra Chanaan cum Chaldis, et nec sic satiata es.30 In quo mundabo cor tuum, ait Dominus Deus, cum facias omnia hc opera mulieris meretricis et procacis ? 31 Quia fabricasti lupanar tuum in capite omnis vi, et excelsum tuum fecisti in omni platea : nec facta es quasi meretrix fastidio augens pretium, 32 sed quasi mulier adultera, qu super virum suum inducit alienos. 33 Omnibus meretricibus dantur mercedes : tu autem dedisti mercedes cunctis amatoribus tuis, et dona donabas eis, ut intrarent ad te undique ad fornicandum tecum. 34 Factumque est in te contra consuetudinem mulierum in fornicationibus tuis, et post te non erit fornicatio : in eo enim quod dedisti mercedes, et mercedes non accepisti, factum est in te contrarium.35 Propterea, meretrix, audi verbum Domini. 36 Hc dicit Dominus Deus : Quia effusum est s tuum et revelata est ignominia tua in fornicationibus tuis super amatores tuos, et super idola abominationum tuarum, in sanguine filiorum tuorum quos dedisti eis, 37 ecce ego congregabo omnes amatores tuos quibus commista es, et omnes quos dilexisti, cum universis quos oderas : et congregabo eos super te undique, et nudabo ignominiam tuam coram eis, et videbunt omnem turpitudinem tuam. 38 Et judicabo te judiciis adulterarum, et effundentium sanguinem : et dabo te in sanguinem furoris et zeli. 39 Et dabo te in manus eorum, et destruent lupanar tuum, et demolientur prostibulum tuum : et denudabunt te vestimentis tuis, et auferent vasa decoris tui, et derelinquent te nudam, plenamque ignominia : 40 et adducent super te multitudinem, et lapidabunt te lapidibus, et trucidabunt te gladiis suis : 41 et comburent domos tuas igni, et facient in te judicia in oculis mulierum plurimarum. Et desines fornicari, et mercedes ultra non dabis : 42 et requiescet indignatio mea in te, et auferetur zelus meus a te : et quiescam, nec irascar amplius. 43 Eo quod non fueris recordata dierum adolescenti tu, et provocasti me in omnibus his, quapropter et ego vias tuas in capite tuo dedi, ait Dominus Deus, et non feci juxta scelera tua in omnibus abominationibus tuis. 44 Ecce omnis qui dicit vulgo proverbium, in te assumet illud, dicens : Sicut mater, ita et filia ejus. 45 Filia matris tu es tu, qu projecit virum suum et filios suos : et soror sororum tuarum es tu, qu projecerunt viros suos et filios suos : mater vestra Cetha, et pater vester Amorrhus. 46 Et soror tua major, Samaria, ipsa et fili ejus, qu habitant ad sinistram tuam : soror autem tua minor te, qu habitat a dextris tuis, Sodoma, et fili ejus. 47 Sed nec in viis earum ambulasti, neque secundum scelera earum fecisti pauxillum minus : pene sceleratiora fecisti illis in omnibus viis tuis.48 Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, quia non fecit Sodoma soror tua, ipsa et fili ejus, sicut fecisti tu et fili tu. 49 Ecce hc fuit iniquitas Sodom sororis tu : superbia, saturitas panis et abundantia, et otium ipsius et filiarum ejus : et manum egeno et pauperi non porrigebant : 50 et elevat sunt, et fecerunt abominationes coram me : et abstuli eas sicut vidisti. 51 Et Samaria dimidium peccatorum tuorum non peccavit : sed vicisti eas sceleribus tuis, et justificasti sorores tuas in omnibus abominationibus tuis quas operata es. 52 Ergo et tu porta confusionem tuam, qu vicisti sorores tuas peccatis tuis, scelerantius agens ab eis : justificat sunt enim a te : ergo et tu confundere, et porta ignominiam tuam, qu justificasti sorores tuas.53 Et convertam restituens eas conversione Sodomorum cum filiabus suis, et conversione Samari et filiarum ejus, et convertam reversionem tuam in medio earum, 54 ut portes ignominiam tuam, et confundaris in omnibus qu fecisti consolans eas. 55 Et soror tua Sodoma et fili ejus revertentur ad antiquitatem suam, et Samaria et fili ejus revertentur ad antiquitatem suam, et tu et fili tu revertemini ad antiquitatem vestram. 56 Non fuit autem Sodoma soror tua audita in ore tuo in die superbi tu, 57 antequam revelaretur malitia tua, sicut hoc tempore in opprobrium filiarum Syri, et cunctarum in circuitu tuo filiarum Palstinarum qu ambiunt te per gyrum. 58 Scelus tuum et ignominiam tuam tu portasti, ait Dominus Deus.59 Quia hc dicit Dominus Deus : Et faciam tibi sicut despexisti juramentum, ut irritum faceres pactum : 60 et recordabor ego pacti mei tecum in diebus adolescenti tu, et suscitabo tibi pactum sempiternum. 61 Et recordaberis viarum tuarum, et confunderis, cum receperis sorores tuas te majores cum minoribus tuis : et dabo eas tibi in filias, sed non ex pacto tuo. 62 Et suscitabo ego pactum meum tecum, et scies quia ego Dominus : 63 ut recorderis, et confundaris, et non sit tibi ultra aperire os pr confusione tua, cum placatus tibi fuero in omnibus qu fecisti, ait Dominus Deus.