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Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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 Amorite and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/16.htm">New King James Version</a> and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: “Your birth and your nativity are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: “Your origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> and say, &#8216Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem, &#8220Your origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite, your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and 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. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh to Jerusalem, “Your origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem (all of Israel), “Your [spiritual] origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite; your [spiritual] father was an Amorite and your [spiritual] mother a Hittite. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hethite. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to say: This is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> and tell them that I, the LORD God, am saying: Jerusalem, you were born in the country where Canaanites lived. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was thy father, and thy mother was an Hittite. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Tell them, 'This is what the Almighty LORD says to the people of Jerusalem: Your birthplace and your ancestors were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> Tell Jerusalem what the Sovereign LORD is saying to her: "You were born in the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> You are to declare, 'This is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: "Your birth place was the territory that belonged to the Canaanites. Your father was an Ammonite and your mother was a Hittite. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/net/ezekiel/16.htm">NET Bible</a> and say, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your birth and your birth is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was your father, and your mother was a Hethite. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD to Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite. <a href="/web/ezekiel/16.htm">World English Bible</a> and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says to Jerusalem: “Your origin and your birth is of the land of the Canaanite. An Amorite was your father, and your mother was a Hittite. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Thus said Lord YHWH to Jerusalem: Your birth and your nativity "" [Are] of the land of the Canaanite, "" Your father the Amorite, and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And say, Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity from the land of the Canaanite; thy father the Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord God to Jerusalem: Thy root, and thy nativity is of the land of Chanaan, thy father was an Amorrhite, and thy mother a Cethite. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And you shall say: Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: Your root and your lineage is from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Cethite. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Bible</a> You shall say, Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: By origin and birth you belong to the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite, your mother a Hittite. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and say, Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And say, Thus says the LORD God to Jerusalem: Your root and your nativity is of the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And say: ‘Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS to Jerusalem: your root and your birth is from the land of Canaan. Your father is an Amorite and your mother a Hittite<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem: Thine origin and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was thy father, and thy mother was a Hittite. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord to Jerusalem; Thy root and thy birth are of the land of Chanaan: thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Chettite. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=3481" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness</a> …2“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations 3<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and tell her that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: lî·rū·šā·lim (Prep-l:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">to Jerusalem:</a> <a href="/hebrew/4351.htm" title="4351: mə·ḵō·rō·ṯa·yiḵ (N-fpc:: 2fs) -- Origin. Or mkorah; from the same as kuwr in the sense of dipping; origin.">Your origin</a> <a href="/hebrew/4138.htm" title="4138: ū·mō·lə·ḏō·ṯa·yiḵ (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 2fs) -- Kindred, birth, offspring. From yalad; nativity; by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family.">and your birth</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·’e·reṣ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">were in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3669.htm" title="3669: hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan. Patrial from Kna'an; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar.">of the Canaanites.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇîḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">Your father</a> <a href="/hebrew/567.htm" title="567: hā·’ĕ·mō·rî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps mountain dwellers, a Canaanite tribe. ">was an Amorite</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: wə·’im·mêḵ (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2fs) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">and your mother</a> <a href="/hebrew/2850.htm" title="2850: ḥit·tîṯ (N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Heth. Patronymically from Cheth; a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth.">a Hittite.</a> 4On 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-5.htm">Deuteronomy 26:5</a> and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous. <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2</a> And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods. <a href="/isaiah/51-1.htm">Isaiah 51:1-2</a> “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn. / Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him. <a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a> I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved. <a href="/hosea/2-3.htm">Hosea 2:3</a> Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. <a href="/lamentations/2-15.htm">Lamentations 2:15</a> All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?” <a href="/jeremiah/2-2.htm">Jeremiah 2:2-3</a> “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. / Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her were found guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD. <a href="/genesis/11-27.htm">Genesis 11:27-28</a> This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. / During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. <a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1</a> Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. <a href="/genesis/15-7.htm">Genesis 15:7</a> The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Acts 7:2-4</a> And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, / and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’ / So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living. <a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a> You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. <a href="/galatians/4-22.htm">Galatians 4:22-26</a> For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. / His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise. / These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar. ... <a href="/romans/9-7.htm">Romans 9:7-13</a> Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring. / For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.” ... <a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a> And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And say, Thus said the Lord GOD to Jerusalem; Your birth and your nativity is of the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother an Hittite.<a href="/ezekiel/16-45.htm">Ezekiel 16:45</a> Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.<a href="/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Ezekiel 21:30</a> Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.<a href="/genesis/11-25.htm">Genesis 11:25,29</a> And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters… Amorite<a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a> But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.<a href="/deuteronomy/20-17.htm">Deuteronomy 20:17</a> But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:<a href="/1_kings/21-26.htm">1 Kings 21:26</a> And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.Hittite<a href="/ezra/9-1.htm">Ezra 9:1</a> Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/136-19.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/numbers/1-18.htm">Ancestry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-11.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-8.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-24.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-8.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-2.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-1.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-16.htm">Nativity</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-7.htm">Origin</a> <a href="/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Sovereign</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-45.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Ancestry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-4.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-29.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-21.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-20.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-45.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-12.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-44.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-4.htm">Nativity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Origin</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Sovereign</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 16</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/16-1.htm">Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem</a> 6. <a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">God's extraordinary love toward her,</a> 15. <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Her grievous judgment</a> 35. <a href="/ezekiel/16-35.htm">Her sin, equal to her mother, </a> 46. <a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, </a> 59. <a href="/ezekiel/16-59.htm">calls for judgments</a> 60. <a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Mercy is promised her in the end</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: This phrase establishes the divine authority behind the message. The use of "Lord GOD" emphasizes the sovereignty and covenantal relationship God has with Jerusalem. Jerusalem is personified, highlighting the intimate and personal nature of God's communication. This sets the stage for a prophetic message that is both corrective and redemptive.Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites: This phrase points to the historical and geographical context of Jerusalem. The Canaanites were the original inhabitants of the land before the Israelites. This reference serves as a reminder of the pagan and idolatrous roots from which God called His people. It underscores the transformation God intended for Israel, from a land of spiritual darkness to one of divine light.Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite: The Amorites and Hittites were prominent Canaanite tribes known for their idolatry and moral corruption. By using this imagery, the text highlights the spiritual heritage of Jerusalem, emphasizing its humble and sinful beginnings. This serves as a metaphor for Israel's spiritual state before God's intervention. It also reflects the broader biblical theme of God choosing the unlikely and transforming them for His purposes, much like He does with individuals in the New Testament through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is known for his vivid visions and symbolic actions. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Israel, often personified in the Bible. In this passage, it represents the people of Israel and their spiritual state. 3. <a href="/topical/c/canaanites.htm">Canaanites</a> The original inhabitants of the land of Canaan, known for their idolatrous practices. They are often depicted as a symbol of moral and spiritual corruption. 4. <a href="/topical/a/amorites.htm">Amorites</a> A prominent group among the Canaanites, often associated with idolatry and opposition to Israel. 5. <a href="/topical/h/hittites.htm">Hittites</a> Another group within the Canaanite region, known for their advanced culture and also for their pagan practices.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_spiritual_heritage.htm">Understanding Spiritual Heritage</a> Recognize that spiritual heritage is not just about physical lineage but about spiritual allegiance and faithfulness to God. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Reflect on how idolatry can infiltrate and corrupt a community, leading it away from God’s intended purpose. <a href="/topical/g/god's_call_to_holiness.htm">God’s Call to Holiness</a> Emphasize the importance of being set apart for God, avoiding the practices and influences that lead to spiritual compromise. <a href="/topical/g/god's_grace_and_redemption.htm">God’s Grace and Redemption</a> Despite the negative origins, God’s grace offers redemption and transformation, calling His people back to Himself. <a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a> Encourage believers to examine their own lives for influences that may lead them away from God and to seek His guidance in removing them.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 16</a> <a href="/q/why_does_ezekiel_16_3_say_jerusalem's_ancestry_is_amorite_and_hittite.htm">How can Ezekiel 16:3 claim Jerusalem’s ancestry is Amorite and Hittite when historical records emphasize Israel’s descent from Abraham? </a> <a href="/q/why_does_1_john_4_8_say_'god_is_love'.htm">How can 1 John 4:8 say 'God is love' when the Old Testament shows actions that don't seem loving?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_proof_of_israel's_exodus.htm">In Exodus 3:8-10, is there archaeological or historical proof that aligns with God's promised deliverance of Israel from Egypt?</a> <a href="/q/why_total_annihilation_in_deut._20_17-18.htm">Why does this chapter prescribe total annihilation of certain nations, while other biblical texts call for mercy and justice (Deuteronomy 20:17-18)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(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" (<a href="/john/8-44.htm" title="You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stayed not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.">John 8:44</a>; comp. <a href="/matthew/3-9.htm" title="And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.">Matthew 3:9</a>); and Isaiah addresses his contemporaries as "rulers of Sodom" and "people of Gomorrha" (<a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm" title="Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.">Isaiah 1:10</a>). 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 <a href="/isaiah/51-1.htm" title="Listen to me, you that follow after righteousness, you that seek the LORD: look to the rock from where you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from where you are dig.">Isaiah 51:1</a>. 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 (<a href="/genesis/15-16.htm" title="But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.">Genesis 15:16</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/1-44.htm" title="And the Amorites, which dwelled in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even to Hormah.">Deuteronomy 1:44</a>, with <a href="/numbers/14-45.htm" title="Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelled in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even to Hormah.">Numbers 14:45</a>; <a href="/joshua/10-5.htm" title="Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.">Joshua 10:5</a>; <a href="/2_kings/21-11.htm" title="Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols:">2Kings 21:11</a>, &c). The dealings of the patriarchs in Canaan were particularly with the Hittites (Genesis 23; <a href="/context/genesis/26-34.htm" title="And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:">Genesis 26:34-35</a>; <a href="/genesis/27-46.htm" title="And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?">Genesis 27:46</a>; <a href="/genesis/28-1.htm" title="And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.">Genesis 28:1</a>; <a href="/context/genesis/28-6.htm" title="When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from there; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughers of Canaan;">Genesis 28:6-8</a>). 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. . . . <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>and tell [her] וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ (wə·’ā·mar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say this is what כֹּה־ (kōh-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the Lord אֲדֹנָ֤י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD יְהוִה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH says אָמַ֨ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to Jerusalem: לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (lî·rū·šā·lim) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel ‘Your origin מְכֹרֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ (mə·ḵō·rō·ṯa·yiḵ) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4351.htm">Strong's 4351: </a> Origin and your birth וּמֹ֣לְדֹתַ֔יִךְ (ū·mō·lə·ḏō·ṯa·yiḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4138.htm">Strong's 4138: </a> Nativity, lineage, native country, offspring, family were in the land מֵאֶ֖רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of the Canaanites. הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י (hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3669.htm">Strong's 3669: </a> Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan Your father אָבִ֥יךְ (’ā·ḇîḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father was an Amorite הָאֱמֹרִ֖י (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_567.htm">Strong's 567: </a> Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe and your mother וְאִמֵּ֥ךְ (wə·’im·mêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> A mother, ) a Hittite. חִתִּֽית׃ (ḥit·tîṯ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2850.htm">Strong's 2850: </a> Hittite -- a Chittite <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-3.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:3 And say Thus says the Lord Yahweh (Ezek. 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