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Ezekiel 16:1-5

The Allegory of the Abandoned Infant

Ezekiel 16:1-5
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Again the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;
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and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was thy father, and thy mother was a Hittite.
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And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to cleanse thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
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No eye pitied thee, to do any of these things unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, for that thy person was abhorred, in the day that thou wast born.

Bible text: American Standard Version (1901) · Public domain