43 Since you have (A)not remembered the days of your youth but [a]have (B)caused Me unrest by all these things, behold, I in turn will (C)bring your conduct down on your own head,” declares the Lord God, “so that you will not commit this outrageous sin in addition to all your other abominations.

44 “Behold, everyone who quotes (D)proverbs will quote this proverb about you, saying, ‘Like [b]mother, like daughter.’ 45 You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and children. You are also the (E)sister of your sisters, who (F)loathed their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:43 As in ancient versions; MT tremble at
  2. Ezekiel 16:44 Lit her mother, her daughter

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