Ezekiel 16:4 meaning and explanation
On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.
Ezekiel 16:4, Berean Standard Bible
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God speaks through Ezekiel to Jerusalem, picturing the city as an abandoned newborn. The details are the ordinary care any infant received in the ancient world: cutting the cord, washing, rubbing with salt, and wrapping in cloths.
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