Ezekiel 16:1

Jerusalem as an Adulterous Wife

1 The word of the LORD came to me:

Ezekiel 16:1 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
English Standard Version (ESV)
1 Again the word of the LORD came to me:
New Living Translation (NLT)
1 Then another message came to me from the LORD :
The Message Bible (MSG)
1 God's Message came to me:
American Standard Version (ASV)
1 Again the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
1 The LORD spoke his word to me. He said,
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
1 The word of the Lord came to me again:
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
1 A message came to me from the Lord. He said,

Ezekiel 16:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:1

Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying.
] The word of prophecy from the Lord, as the Targum; the following representation was made to him under a spirit of prophecy.

Ezekiel 16:1 In-Context

1 The word of the LORD came to me:
2 “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable practices
3 and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
4 On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.
5 No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.
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