The Books of the Prophets Ezekiel and Daniel. Scientific line-by-line explanation of the Bible
her to various foreign peoples).
28 And you fornicated with the sons of Assyria and were not satisfied; you fornicated with them, but you were not satisfied; (God allegedly punished the wayward daughter by giving her to various foreign peoples).
29 And she multiplied your fornications in the land of Canaan to Chaldea, but she was not satisfied with that either. (God allegedly punished the wayward daughter by giving her to various foreign peoples).
30 How weary your heart must be, says the LORD God, when you did all these things like an unbridled harlot! (God allegedly punished the wayward daughter by giving her to various foreign peoples).
31 When you built fornications for yourself at the beginning of every road and made elevations for yourself in every square, you were not like a harlot, because you rejected gifts (Elevations, a wire through fire was considered a sin by the Jews, as it reminded of the most ancient pagan customs that were previously among the Jews).
32 but like an adulterous wife who accepts strangers instead of her husband. (Comparison with a harlot).
33 They give gifts to all harlots, but you yourself gave gifts to all your lovers and bribed them so that they would come to you from all sides to fornicate with you. (Comparison with a harlot).
34 Your fornications were contrary to what happens to women: they did not chase you, but you gave gifts, and they did not give you gifts; therefore, you acted contrary to others. (Comparison with a harlot).
35 Therefore, harlot, hear the word of the LORD! (Suggestion with words).
36 Thus saith the LORD God: because you poured out your money in this way, and in your fornications your nakedness was revealed before your lovers and before all your vile idols, and for the blood of your sons whom you gave to them – (Comparison with a harlot).
37 Therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers, whom you have enjoyed and whom you have loved, with all those whom you have hated, and I will gather them from everywhere against you, and I will uncover your nakedness before them, and they will see all your shame. (Punishment of the harlot).
38 I will judge you by the judgment of adulterers and those who shed blood, and I will betray you to bloody rage and jealousy; (The punishment of the harlot).
39 I will deliver you into their hands, and they will destroy your fornications, and scatter your high places, and tear off your clothes, and take your garments, and leave you naked and uncovered. (Punishment of the harlot).
40 And they will call an assembly upon you, and stone you, and cut you with their swords. (Punishment of the harlot).
41 They will burn your houses with fire and execute judgment on you before the eyes of many wives; and I will put an end to your fornication, and you will no longer give gifts. (Punishment of the harlot).
42 And I will quench my anger against you, and my indignation will depart from you, and I will be at peace, and I will no longer be angry. (Punishment of the harlot).
43 Because you did not remember the days of your youth and irritated me with all these things, behold, I will turn your behavior on your head, says the LORD God, so that you will no longer indulge in debauchery after all your abominations. (Punishment of the harlot).
44 Behold, anyone who speaks in parables can say of you, «Like the mother, so is the daughter.» (The use of parables-fables).
45 You are a daughter like your mother, who abandoned her husband and her children, and you are a sister like your sisters, who abandoned their husbands and their children. Your mother is a Hittite, and your father is an Amorite. (Comparison with a harlot).
46 But your big sister is Samaria, who lives on your left with her daughters; and your little sister, who lives on your right, is Sodom with her daughters. (Sodom and Gomorrah: In many places of the Bible, the names of these cities are mentioned as a terrible lesson to all who lead an ungodly life).
47 But you did not walk in their ways, nor did you walk in their abominations; that was not enough: you have acted more depraved than them in all your ways. (Comparison with a harlot).
48 As I live, saith the LORD God, Sodom, thy sister, hath not done that which thou and thy daughters have done. (Sodom and Gomorrah: In many places of the Bible, the names of these cities are mentioned as a terrible lesson to all who lead an ungodly life).
49 This was the iniquity of your sister Sodom and her daughters: in pride, satiety, and idleness, and she did not support the hands of the poor and the needy. (Sodom and Gomorrah: In many places of the Bible, the names of these cities are mentioned as a terrible lesson to all who lead an ungodly life).
50 And they were proud, and did abominations before me, and when I saw it, I rejected them. (Ezekiel, like the ancient prophets, examines in detail the past of his people and shows all their ingratitude and grave sins before God. Jerusalem was worse than Sodom).
51 And Samaria has not sinned half of your sins; you have surpassed them with your abominations, and through your abominations, which you have done, your sisters have been more right than you. (Following the example of Hosea, Ezekiel personifies Samaria and Jerusalem in the form of two harlots, constantly cheating on their lawful spouse, Yahweh, with lovers Assyrian, Egyptian, Babylonian).
52 Bear your shame, and you, who have condemned your sisters; according to your sins, by which you have disgraced yourself more than them, they are more right than you. Blush with shame and you, and bear your shame, thus justifying your sisters. (Ezekiel personifies Samaria and Jerusalem in the form of two harlots, constantly cheating on their lawful spouse, Yahweh, with lovers Assyrian, Egyptian, Babylonian).
53 But I will bring back their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and between them the captivity of your captives (Sodom and Gomorrah: in many places of the Bible, the names of these cities are mentioned as a terrible lesson to all who lead an ungodly life).
54 That you may bear your shame and be ashamed of all that you have done, serving as a consolation for them. (Samaria, that is, the kingdom of Israel, justly suffered for its crimes before God, and Jerusalem – Judah – turned out to be twice as sinful).
55 And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, will return to their former state; and Samaria and her daughters will return to their former state, and you and your daughters will return to your former state. (Sodom and Gomorrah: In many places of the Bible, the names of these cities are mentioned as a terrible lesson to all who lead an ungodly life).
56 There was no mention of your sister Sodom in your mouth in the days of your pride (Sodom and Gomorrah: in many places of the Bible, the names of these cities are mentioned as a terrible lesson to all who lead an ungodly life).
57 Until your wickedness was revealed, as at the time of the disgrace from the daughters of Syria and all those around her, from the daughters of the Philistines, who looked at you with contempt from all sides. (Comparison with a harlot).
58 Because of your debauchery and because of your abominations, you suffer, says the LORD. (Comparison with a harlot).
59 For thus saith the LORD God, I will do unto thee as thou hast done, despising the oath of breaking the covenant. (The promise of all sorts of troubles).
60 But I will remember my union with you in the days of your youth, and I will restore an everlasting union with you. (But, having shamed the traitor, Yahweh, that is, manipulative priests, just like Hosea, promises her forgiveness).
61 And you will remember your ways, and you will be ashamed when you receive your sisters, your big ones, as well as your little ones, and when I give them to you as daughters, but not from your union. (Priests need constant offerings and sacrifices, and this is possible only from people who are besotted with religious nonsense).
62 I will restore my union with you, and you will know that I am the Lord (the Lord is