Ezekiel 16:1-3

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The Lord’s Kindness to Jerusalem

16 The ·Lord spoke his word [^Lword of the Lord came] to me, saying: ² “·Human [^TSon of man; 2:1], tell Jerusalem about her ·hateful [detestable; abominable] actions. ³ Say, ‘This is what the Lord God says to Jerusalem: Your ·beginnings [origin] and your ·ancestors [^Lbirth] were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.