1 Then another message came to me from the lord:
2 “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable sins.
3 Give her this message from the Sovereign lord: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
4 On the day you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were never washed, rubbed with salt, and wrapped in cloth.
5 No one had the slightest interest in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On the day you were born, you were unwanted, dumped in a field and left to die.
6 “But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, ‘Live!’