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and say, 'This is what the Lord ^(F1)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.

"As for your birth, ^(C1)on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing; you were not rubbed with salt or even wrapped in cloths.

"No eye looked with pity on you to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you. Rather you were thrown out into the ^(F1)(C1)open field, ^(F2)for you were abhorred on the day you were born.

"When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you were in your blood, 'Live!' Yes, I said to you while you were in your blood, 'Live!'

"I ^(C1)made you ^(F1)very numerous, like plants of the field. Then you grew up, became tall and reached the age for fine jewelry; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown. Yet you were naked and bare.

"Since you have ^(C1)not remembered the days of your youth but ^(F1)have ^(C2)caused Me unrest by all these things, behold, I in turn will ^(C3)bring your conduct down on your own head," declares the Lord GOD, "so that you will not commit this outrageous sin in addition to all your other abominations.

"Nevertheless, I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an ^(C1)everlasting covenant with you.

"Then you will ^(C1)remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both your older and your younger; and I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

"So I will ^(C1)establish My covenant with you, and you shall ^(C2)know that I am the LORD,

so that you may ^(C1)remember and be ashamed, and ^(C2)not open your mouth again because of your disgrace, when I have ^(F1)(C3)forgiven you for all that you have done," the Lord GOD declares.