1. Then another message came to me from the lord:
2. “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable sins.
3. Give her this message from the Sovereign lord: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
4. On the day you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were never washed, rubbed with salt, and wrapped in cloth.
5. No one had the slightest interest in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On the day you were born, you were unwanted, dumped in a field and left to die.
6. “But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, ‘Live!’