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No eye took pity on you[a] to do to you one of these things to show compassion for you, and you were thrown into the open field[b] in their despising of you on the day you were born.[c]

“‘And I passed by you, and I saw you kicking about in your blood, and I said to you in your blood, “Live! Grow up;[d] I will make you like a plant of the field.” And you grew up, and you became tall and reached full womanhood.[e] Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown, but you were naked and bare.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:5 Literally “not took pity on you an eye”
  2. Ezekiel 16:5 Literally “to the face of the field”
  3. Ezekiel 16:5 Literally “on the day of being born you”
  4. Ezekiel 16:7 Or “A myriad I have made you
  5. Ezekiel 16:7 Literally “ornament of ornaments”