Reading I
Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63

The word of the LORD came to me:
Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations.
Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem:
By origin and birth you are of the land of Canaan;
your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
As for your birth, the day you were born your *navel cord was not cut;
you were neither washed with water nor *anointed,
nor were you rubbed with salt, nor *swathed in *swaddling clothes.
No one looked on you with pity or compassion
to do any of these things for you.
Rather, you were thrown out on the ground as something *loathsome,
the day you were born.

Then I passed by and saw you weltering in your blood.
I said to you: Live in your blood and grow like a plant in the field.
You grew and developed, you came to the age of *puberty;
your breasts were formed, your hair had grown,
but you were still *stark naked.
Again I passed by you and saw that you were now old enough for love.
So I spread the corner of my *cloak over you to cover your nakedness;
I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you;
you became mine, says the Lord God.
Then I bathed you with water, washed away your blood,
and anointed you with oil.
I clothed you with an *embroidered gown,
put sandals of fine leather on your feet;
I gave you a fine linen *sash and silk robes to wear.
I *adorned you with jewelry: I put bracelets on your arms,
a necklace about your neck, a ring in your nose,
pendants in your ears, and a glorious *diadem upon your head.
Thus you were adorned with gold and silver;
your garments were of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth.
Fine flour, honey, and oil were your food.
You were *exceedingly beautiful, with the dignity of a queen.
You were renowned among the nations for your beauty, perfect as it was,
because of my *splendor which I had *bestowed on you,
says the Lord God.

But you were captivated by your own beauty,
you used your renown to make yourself a harlot,
and you *lavished your harlotry on every passer-by,
whose own you became.

Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were a girl,
and I will set up an everlasting covenant with you,
that you may remember and be covered with confusion,
and that you may be utterly silenced for shame
when I pardon you for all you have done, says the Lord God.

 

*navel cord : 탯줄

*anoint : 성유 

*swath : hit, beat, belt

*swaddling clothes : 포대기

*loathsome : hateful

*puberty : adulthood, 사춘기

*stark : absolute, bare, entire, firm

*cloak : blanket, cover 

*embroider : 수놓다

*sash : ribbon, tie

*adorn : decorate, beautify

*diadem : crown

*exceedingly : extremely, greatly, awfully
*splendor : glory

*bestow : grant, give

*lavish : expend, be wasteful