Ezekiel 16:1-10

1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying ,
2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
3 And say , Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut , neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all , nor swaddled at all .
5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born .
6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live ; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live .
7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great , and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned , and thine hair is grown , whereas thou wast naked and bare.
8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.
9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. birth: Heb. cutting out, or, habitation
  • [b]. to supple...: or, when I looked upon thee
  • [c]. polluted: or, trodden under foot
  • [d]. caused...: Heb. made thee a million
  • [e]. blood: Heb. bloods
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