Ezekiel 16:3-5
Good News Translation
3 Tell Jerusalem what the Sovereign Lord is saying to her:
“You were born in the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.[a] 4 When you were born, no one cut your umbilical cord or washed you[b] or rubbed you with salt or wrapped you in cloths. 5 No one took enough pity on you to do any of these things for you. When you were born, no one loved you. You were thrown out in an open field.
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- Ezekiel 16:3 The Israelites regarded these people as immoral and idolatrous.
- Ezekiel 16:4 Hebrew has an additional word, the meaning of which is unclear.
Ezekiel 16:3-5
New International Version
3 and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry(A) and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father(B) was an Amorite(C) and your mother a Hittite.(D) 4 On the day you were born(E) your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths. 5 No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.
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