Ezekiel 16:4-6

Expanded Bible

⁴ On the day you were born, your cord [^Cumbilical cord] was not cut. You were not washed with water to clean you. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in ·cloths [^Tswaddling cloths; Luke 2:7, 12; ^Ctypical care for newborns in the ancient Near East]. ⁵ No ·one felt sorry enough for [^Leye took pity on] you to do any of these things for you. No, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were ·hated [detested; despised] on the day you were born.

⁶ “‘When I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, I said to you ·as you lay in your blood [^Lin your blood], “Live!”^[a]