Ezekiel 16:1-5

Jerusalem Plays the Harlot

Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, ^amake known to Jerusalem her abominations 3 and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh to Jerusalem, “Your origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. 4 As for your birth, ^aon the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing; you were not rubbed with salt or even wrapped in cloths. 5 No eye had pity on you to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you. Rather you were thrown out into the ¹^aopen field, for your soul was abhorred on the day you were born.