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Ezekiel 16:2-4
Lexham English Bible
Ezekiel 16:2-4
Lexham English Bible
2 “Son of man,[a] make known to Jerusalem its detestable things, 3 and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were from the land of the Canaanites,[b] your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite. 4 And as for your birth, on the day you were born[c] your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were not thoroughly washed clean with water,[d] and you were not thoroughly rubbed with salt,[e] and you were not carefully wrapped in strips of cloth.[f]
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- Ezekiel 16:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 16:3 Hebrew “Canaanite”
- Ezekiel 16:4 Literally “on the day of being born you”
- Ezekiel 16:4 Literally “with water not you were cleansed for cleansing”
- Ezekiel 16:4 Literally “being rubbed with salt you were not rubbed with salt”
- Ezekiel 16:4 Literally “being wrapped in strips of cloth not you were wrapped in strips of cloth”
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