Ezekiel 16:1-3

New King James Version

God’s Love for Jerusalem

16 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ² “Son of man, ^(A)cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, ³ and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: “Your ^[a]birth ^(B)and your nativity are from the land of Canaan; ^(C)your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.