Thus you were decked with gold and silver. Your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered work. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate.
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Ezekiel 16:13 in context
Ezekiel 16:10–16
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I clothed you also with embroidered work and put leather sandals on you. I dressed you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
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I decked you with ornaments, put bracelets on your hands, and put a chain on your neck.
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I put a ring on your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.
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Thus you were decked with gold and silver. Your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered work. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate.
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Your renown went out among the nations for your beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put on you,” says the Lord GOD.
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“‘“But you trusted in your beauty, and played the prostitute because of your renown, and poured out your prostitution on everyone who passed by. It was his.
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You took some of your garments, and made for yourselves high places decked with various colors, and played the prostitute on them. This shouldn’t happen, neither shall it be.
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