1. The Lord said:
2. Ezekiel, son of man, remind the people of Jerusalem of their disgusting sins
3. and tell them that I, the Lord God, am saying:Jerusalem, you were born in the country where Canaanites lived. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.
4. When you were born, no one cut you loose from your mother or washed your body. No one rubbed your skin with salt and olive oil, and wrapped you in warm blankets.
5. Not one person loved you enough to do any of these things, and no one even felt sorry for you. You were despised, thrown into a field, and forgotten.
6. I saw you lying there, rolling around in your own blood, and I couldn't let you die.