A reading from the book of Ezekiel.

Again the word of the Lord came to me.

Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations, and say,

Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem.

Your origin and your birth are of the land of the Canaanites.

Your father was an Amarite and your mother a Hittite.

And as for your birth, on the day you were born, your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with

water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths. No eye pitied you

to do any of these things to you out of compassion

for you, but you were cast out on the open field, for you were abhorred on the day that you

were born. And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you in your

blood, live. I said to you in your blood, live. I said to you in your blood, live. I made you flourish

like a plant of the field, and you grew up and became tall and arrived at full adornment. Your

breasts were formed, and your hair had grown, yet you were naked and bare.

When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love,

and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness.

I made my vow to you, and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, and you became mine.

Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil.

I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shodd you with fine leather.

I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.

And I adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck.

And I'd put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.

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