Catholic Public Domain Version
"you built for yourself a brothel, and you made for yourself a place of prostitution in every street. "
— Ezekiel 16:24, Catholic Public Domain Version
“That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.”
“that thou hast built unto thee a vaulted place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street. ”
“that you have built for yourselves a vaulted place, and have made yourselves a lofty place in every street.”
“you built yourself a chamber and put up a pavilion in every public square.”
“That thou didst also build thee a common stew, and madest thee a brothel house in every street.”
“That you made for yourself an arched room in every open place.”
“That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.”
You have immolated my sons, and you have consecrated and delivered my sons to them.
And after all your abominations and fornications, you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and full of shame, wallowing in your own blood.
And it happened that, after all your wickedness, (woe, woe to you, says the Lord God)
you built for yourself a brothel, and you made for yourself a place of prostitution in every street.
At the head of every way, you set up a banner of your prostitution. And you caused your beauty to become abominable. And you distributed your feet to every passer-by. And you multiplied your fornications.
And you fornicated with the sons of Egypt, your neighbors, who have large bodies. And you multiplied your fornications, so as to provoke me.
Behold, I will extend my hand over you, and I will take away your justification. And I will give you to the souls of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your wicked way.