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a ring for your nose, earrings for your ears, and a lovely crown for your head.

"But you thought your fame and beauty were your own. So you gave yourself as a prostitute to every man who came along. Your beauty was theirs for the asking.

You used the lovely things I gave you to make shrines for idols, where you played the prostitute. Unbelievable! How could such a thing ever happen?

You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. In fact, you have been worse than a prostitute, so eager for sin that you have not even demanded payment.

Prostitutes charge for their services—but not you! You give gifts to your lovers, bribing them to come and have sex with you.

I will punish you for your murder and adultery. I will cover you with blood in my jealous fury.

But first, because you have not remembered your youth but have angered me by doing all these evil things, I will fully repay you for all of your sins, says the Sovereign Lord . For you have added lewd acts to all your detestable sins.

For your mother loathed her husband and her children, and so do you. And you are exactly like your sisters, for they despised their husbands and their children. Truly your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

Then you will be truly ashamed of everything you have done, for your sins make them feel good in comparison.

This is your punishment for all your lewdness and detestable sins, says the Lord .

"Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will give you what you deserve, for you have taken your solemn vows lightly by breaking your covenant.

But then another great eagle came with broad wings and full plumage. So the vine now sent its roots and branches toward him for water,

No! For as surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord , the king of Israel will die in Babylon, the land of the king who put him in power and whose treaty he disregarded and broke.

For the king of Israel disregarded his treaty and broke it after swearing to obey; therefore, he will not escape.

"So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will punish him for breaking my covenant and disregarding the solemn oath he made in my name.

I will throw my net over him and capture him in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and put him on trial for this treason against me.

For all people are mine to judge—both parents and children alike. And this is my rule: The person who sins is the one who will die.

He is a merciful creditor, not keeping the items given as security by poor debtors. He does not rob the poor but instead gives food to the hungry and provides clothes for the needy.

He does not exploit the poor, but instead is fair to debtors and does not rob them. He gives food to the hungry and provides clothes for the needy.

But the father will die for his many sins—for being cruel, robbing people, and doing what was clearly wrong among his people.