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“Son of man,[a] make known to Jerusalem its detestable things, and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were from the land of the Canaanites,[b] your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite. And as for your birth, on the day you were born[c] your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were not thoroughly washed clean with water,[d] and you were not thoroughly rubbed with salt,[e] and you were not carefully wrapped in strips of cloth.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  2. Ezekiel 16:3 Hebrew “Canaanite”
  3. Ezekiel 16:4 Literally “on the day of being born you”
  4. Ezekiel 16:4 Literally “with water not you were cleansed for cleansing”
  5. Ezekiel 16:4 Literally “being rubbed with salt you were not rubbed with salt”
  6. Ezekiel 16:4 Literally “being wrapped in strips of cloth not you were wrapped in strips of cloth”