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No eye looked at you with pity to do any of these things for you or to show compassion to you. On the day you were born, you were thrown out in the open field without regard for your life.

I passed by, and I saw you squirming in your blood. I said to you, “You there, lying there in your blood, live!” and I said to you, “You there, lying there in your blood, live!”[a] I made you grow like a sprout in the field. You grew up, you developed, and you became very beautiful.[b] Your breasts were formed and your hair had appeared, but you were completely naked.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:6 Greek and Syriac manuscripts omit the repetition of and I said to you, “You there, lying there in your blood, live!”
  2. Ezekiel 16:7 Or like the most beautiful jewelry