Ezekiel Chapter 16 verse 3 Holy Bible
and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was thy father, and thy mother was a Hittite.
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And say, This is what the Lord has said to Jerusalem: Your start and your birth was from the land of the Canaanite; an Amorite was your father and your mother was a Hittite.
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and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite: thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.
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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 an Hittite.
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and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Jerusalem: Your birth and your birth is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was your father, and your mother was a Hittite.
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Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity `Are' of the land of the Canaanite, Thy father the Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan.--In the original the words "births" and "nativities" are in the plural, already indicating what the whole context makes plain, that the reference is not to the natural, but to the spiritual origin of Israel. So our Lord says to the Jews of His time, "Ye are of your father, the devil" (John 8:44; comp. Matthew 3:9); and Isaiah addresses his contemporaries as "rulers of Sodom" and "people of Gomorrha" (Isaiah 1:10). The word births, as indicated by the margin, comes from a verb meaning to cut or dig out, as stone from the quarry; and there is a play upon this sense in Isaiah 51:1. Israel's character, her spiritual nativity, was thoroughly Canaanitish.An Amorite . . . an Hittite.--These two tribes, especially the former, as the most prominent in Canaan, are frequently put for the whole (Genesis 15:16; Deuteronomy 1:44, with Numbers 14:45; Joshua 10:5; 2Kings 21:11, &c). The dealings of the patriarchs in Canaan were particularly with the Hittites (Genesis 23; Genesis 26:34-35; Genesis 27:46; Genesis 28:1; Genesis 28:6-8). This once great and powerful nation had almost faded from history; but their monuments and inscriptions are just now beginning to be discovered and deciphered. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewand tell [her]וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ (wə·’ā·mar·tā)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, saythis is whatכֹּה־ (kōh-)AdverbStrong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, nowthe Lordאֲדֹנָ֤י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 136: The LordGODיְהוִה֙ (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3069: YHWHsaysאָמַ֨ר (’ā·mar)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, sayto Jerusalem:לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (lî·rū·šā·lim)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel‘Your originמְכֹרֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ (mə·ḵō·rō·ṯa·yiḵ)Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singularStrong's 4351: Originand your birthוּמֹ֣לְדֹתַ֔יִךְ (ū·mō·lə·ḏō·ṯa·yiḵ)Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singularStrong's 4138: Nativity, lineage, native country, offspring, familywere in the landמֵאֶ֖רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ)Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 776: Earth, landof the Canaanites.הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י (hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî)Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3669: Canaanite -- inhabitant of CanaanYour fatherאָבִ֥יךְ (’ā·ḇîḵ)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singularStrong's 1: Fatherwas an Amoriteהָאֱמֹרִ֖י (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî)Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 567: Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribeand your motherוְאִמֵּ֥ךְ (wə·’im·mêḵ)Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singularStrong's 517: A mother, )a Hittite.חִתִּֽית׃ (ḥit·tîṯ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 2850: Hittite -- a ChittiteJump to PreviousAmorite Ancestry Birth Canaan Canaanite Canaanites Hittite Jerusalem Mother Nativity Origin Sovereign
