Ezekiel 16:5-7

The Voice

⁵ No one felt sorry for you or had compassion on you or did anything to help you. Instead, your parents abandoned you, tossed you out into an open field. For on the day you were born, people looked upon you with deep contempt.

⁶ Then I passed by and saw you squirming around in your blood. As you lay there in your own blood, I said to you, “Live!” Again, I insisted, “Live!” ⁷ And that’s exactly what you did. I helped you flourish like plants in the field. In time you grew, became a tall, beautiful young woman:^[a] your breasts developed and your hair grew thick and long. But you were still naked and bare.