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.

“'Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body.

I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

Again the word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem:...

1 Again the word of the Lord came to me: 2“Son of man,make known to Jerusalem her abominations, 3 and say, Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: Your origin ...

In this chapter, Ezekiel represents Jerusalem and Samaria as unwanted, abandoned sisters whom the Lord rescues and cares for.

I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine. 9“ 'I bathed you with water and washed the ...

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.

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD to...

You were born in the land of Canaan. That is where you came from. Your father was an Amorite and your mother was a Hittite.