Cast out, yet commanded to live

1And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

2Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations.

3and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.’

4And as for your birth, on the day you were born your cord was not cut, and you were not washed with water for cleansing; you were not rubbed with salt, and you were not wrapped in cloths.

5No eye pitied you enough to do for you even one of these things, to have compassion on you; instead, you were thrown out into the open field in loathing of your life on the day you were born.

6And I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, and I said to you, ‘In your blood, live!’ Yes, I said to you, ‘In your blood, live!’