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Ezekiel 16:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" and say, ‘The Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: “Your origin and your birth is of the land of the Canaanite. An Amorite was your father, and your mother was a Hittite. "

Ezekiel 16:3

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1 Again the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;

3 and say, ‘The Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: “Your origin and your birth is of the land of the Canaanite. An Amorite was your father, and your mother was a Hittite.

4 As for your birth, in the day you were born your navel was not cut. You weren’t washed in water to cleanse you. You weren’t salted at all, nor wrapped in blankets at all.

5 No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you, to have compassion on you; but you were cast out in the open field, because you were abhorred in the day that you were born.

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From This Chapter

Ezekiel 16:1

"Again the LORD’s word came to me, saying,"

Ezekiel 16:2

"“Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;"

Ezekiel 16:4

"As for your birth, in the day you were born your navel was not cut. You weren’t washed in water to cleanse you. You weren’t salted at all, nor wrapped in blankets at all."

Ezekiel 16:5

"No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you, to have compassion on you; but you were cast out in the open field, because you were abhorred in the day that you were born."

Ezekiel 16:6

"“‘“When I passed by you, and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live!’ Yes, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live!’"

Ezekiel 16:7

"I caused you to multiply as that which grows in the field, and you increased and grew great, and you attained to excellent beauty. Your breasts were formed, and your hair grew; yet you were naked and bare."

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