Ezekiel 16:3
And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 16 connects to 10 cross-references. The extended allegory of the unfaithful wife: Jerusalem is like an abandoned infant rescued, raised to beauty, and betrothed by God, who then prostituted herself to every nation worse than Samaria or Sodom. Yet God will remember the covenant made …
Other Translations
and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was thy father, and thy mother was a Hittite.
Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity <FI>Are<Fi> of the land of the Canaanite, Thy father the Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.
And say, This is what the Lord has said to Jerusalem: Your start and your birth was from the land of the Canaanite; an Amorite was your father and your mother was a Hittite.
Cross References
Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people …
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are …
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and …
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not …
Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your …
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and …
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation …
But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of …
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath …
Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, …