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Ecclesiastes Chapter 16

1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 16:2 Son of man,

4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was

5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have

6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own

7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou

8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time

9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy

10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with

11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy

12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears,

13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was

14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for

15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the

16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high

17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my

19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey,

20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou

23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto

25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and

26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy

27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and

28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou

29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of

30 How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doest

33 They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all

34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms,

35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: 16:36 Thus saith

38 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed

39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw

40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall

41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute

42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy

43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast

44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb

45 Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her

46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that

47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their

48 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done,

49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride,

50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me:

51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast

52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame

53 When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom

55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their

56 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day

58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the

59 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou

60 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days

61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou

62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know