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Ezekiel 16:3

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 an Hittite.

KJV

et dices : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Jerusalem : Radix tua et generatio tua de terra Chanaan : pater tuus Amorrhæus, et mater tua Cethæa.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐρεῖς Τάδε λέγει Κύριος τῇ Ἰερουσαλήμ Ἡ ῥίζα σου καὶ ἡ γένεσίς σου ἐκ γῆς Χανάαν, ὁ πατήρ σου Ἀμορραῖος, καὶ ἡ μήτηρ σου Χετταία.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֞ כֹּה אָמַ֨ר אֲדֹנָ֤/י יְהוִה֙ לִ/יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מְכֹרֹתַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ וּ/מֹ֣לְדֹתַ֔יִ/ךְ מֵ/אֶ֖רֶץ הַֽ/כְּנַעֲנִ֑י אָבִ֥י/ךְ הָ/אֱמֹרִ֖י וְ/אִמֵּ֥/ךְ חִתִּֽית

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Canaan

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֹרִ֔י
'mry
noun · 87×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
חִתִּ֔י
chty
noun · 48×
י
y
noun · 440×
י
y
noun · 22×
יְהוִ֔ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 305×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךְ֙
k
pronoun · 2×
כְּנַעֲנִי֙
kn'ny
noun · 72×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 3:10 — In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
  • 1Kgs 21:26 — 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.
  • Deut 7:1 — When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanit
  • Deut 20:17 — 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:
  • Ezek 16:44 — Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
  • Ezek 16:45 — 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
  • Ezek 21:30 — 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.
  • Ezra 9:1 — 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
  • Gen 11:29 — And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
  • Gen 15:16 — But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
  • Hos 12:7 — He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
  • Isa 1:10 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
  • Isa 43:27 — Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
  • Isa 48:8 — Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
  • Isa 51:1 — Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
  • John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
  • Josh 24:2 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and
  • Luke 3:7 — Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  • Neh 9:7 — Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
  • Ps 136:23 — Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: