Ezekiel 16:14

Perfect ... my comeliness - The comeliness was not natural, but the gift of God.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

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¹⁴ And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.

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Ezekiel 16:14