Ezekiel 16:5

Nor did mine eye pity thee, to do for thee one of all these things, to feel at all for thee; but thou wast cast out on the face of the field, because of the deformity of thy person, in the day wherein thou wast born.

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In The King James Version

None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

In Context

4And as for thy birth in the day wherein thou wast born, thou didst not bind thy breasts, and thou wast not washed in water, neither wast thou salted with salt, neither wast thou swathed in swaddling bands.

6And I passed by to thee, and saw thee polluted in thy blood; and I said to thee, Let there be life out of thy blood:

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Cross References

Exodus 1:22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Whatever male child shall be born to the Hebrews, cast into the river; and every female, save it alive.

Deuteronomy 32:10He maintained him in the wilderness, 1 In burning thirst and a dry land: 1 He led him about and instructed him, 1 And kept him as the apple of an eye. 1

Jeremiah 9:21And the carcasses of the men shall be for an example on the face of the field of your land, like grass after the mower, and there shall be none to gather them.

Lamentations 2:11Mine eyes have failed with tears, 1 My heart is troubled, 1 My glory is cast down to the ground, 1 For the destruction of the daughter of my people; 1 While the infant and suckling swoon 1 In the streets of the city. 1

Lamentations 4:3Nay, serpents have drawn out the breasts, 1 They give suck to their young, 1 The daughters of my people are incurably cruel, 1 As an ostrich in a desert. 1

Ezekiel 2:6And thou, son of man, fear them not, nor be dismayed at their face (for they will madden and will rise up against thee round about, and thou dwellest in the midst of scorpions): be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their countenance, for it is a provoking house.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:2-6

The Meanness of Judah's Origin. ( b. c. 593.) 1 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, 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 a Hittite. 4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. 5 None eye pitied thee, to do any… Read the whole commentary →

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