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On the day you were born, your cord[a] was not cut. You were not washed with water to clean you. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths. No one felt sorry enough for you to do any of these things for you. No, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were hated on the day you were born.

“‘When I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, I said to you, “Live!”

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Footnotes

  1. 16:4 cord The umbilical cord that gives the unborn baby food and air from its mother.

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