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What does Ezekiel 16:1 mean?

"Again Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,"

— Ezekiel 16:1 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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Again Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

2

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

3

and say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh 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.

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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 swaddled at all.

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