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43 Because[a] you did not remember[b] the days of your childhood and you made me angry with all of these. And in turn I, look, I will return your way upon your head,’ declares[c] the Lord Yahweh, ‘and did[d] you not do wickedness[e] in addition to all of your detestable things? 44 Look! Everyone quoting a proverb[f] against you, he will quote, saying,[g] ‘Like her mother is her daughter!’ 45 You are a daughter of your mother who abhorred her husband and her children, and you are a sister of your sisters who abhorred their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father was an Amorite.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:43 Literally “because that”
  2. Ezekiel 16:43 According to the reading tradition (Qere) with BHS
  3. Ezekiel 16:43 Literally “declaration of”
  4. Ezekiel 16:43 According to the reading tradition (Qere); cf. BHS
  5. Ezekiel 16:43 Literally “the wickedness”
  6. Ezekiel 16:44 Literally “proverbing a proverb”
  7. Ezekiel 16:44 Literally “to say”