en_tn_condensed/ezk/16/15.md

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Yahweh continues to speak about Jerusalem as if the city were a young woman. The city represents the people who live there.

you trusted in your own beauty

"you placed your confidence in your own beauty"

acted like a prostitute

Yahweh speaks of Jerusalem as if the city were an unfaithful wife who sleeps with other men in exchange for payment. God compared Judah to an adulteress because she worshiped idols instead of God who had done so much to help her. Adultery is a common image used to describe the worship of idols by Israel.

you poured out your acts of prostitution

"you repeatedly committed your acts of prostitution"

so that your beauty became his

"so that you gave yourself to him" or "his it was"