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Chapter 16[a]

The Unfaithful Wife. This word of the Lord was addressed to me: Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominable practices. Say to her: Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: By origin and birth, you belong to Canaan. Your father was an Amorite and your mother was a Hittite.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:1 The great depictions of the history of Israel are stories of infidelity; we need only read the Books of Kings to sense the full tragedy. In three pictures, Ezekiel paints a great fresco of the history of his people: verses 1, 20, 23.