Ezekiel 16:7
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I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
In other translations
I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
Hebrew words
רְבָבָהrevavahten thousandH7233כְּצֶמַחketzemachlike [the] growth ofH6780הַשָּׂדֶהhasadehthe fieldH7704נְתַתִּיךְnetatikhI made youH5414וַתִּרְבִּיvatirbiand you grewH7235וַתִּגְדְּלִיvatigdeliand you grew upH1431וַתָּבֹאִיvatavo'iand you cameH935בַּעֲדִיba'adiinto adornmentH5716עֲדָיִים'adayimornamentsH5716שָׁדַיִםshadayimbreastsH7699נָכֹנוּnakhonuthey were firmH3559וּשְׂעָרֵךְuse'arekhand hair yourH8181צִמֵּחַtzimeachit had grownH6779וְאַתְּve'atand youH859עֵרֹם'erom[were] nakednessH5903וְעֶרְיָה׃ve'eryahand barenessH6181
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 1:10The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
- Exodus 1:7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
- Isaiah 62:3Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
- Ezekiel 16:10-1310 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. 11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. 12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.10 I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk. 11 I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck. 12 I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head. 13 So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.
- Exodus 3:22But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”
- Song of Solomon 4:5Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
- Nehemiah 9:18-2518 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; 19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. 20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. 21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.18 Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies, 19 You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go. 20 You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. 21 For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
- Psalm 135:4For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
- Deuteronomy 4:8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
- Ezekiel 16:16And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!
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