“I passed by you and saw you lying in your blood, and I said to you as you lay in your blood: Live! Yes, I said to you as you lay in your blood: Live![a] I made you thrive[b] like plants of the field.(A) You grew up and matured and became very beautiful.[c] Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were stark naked.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr omit Yes, I said to you [as you lay] in your blood: Live!
  2. Ezekiel 16:7 LXX reads Thrive; I made you
  3. Ezekiel 16:7 Or matured and developed the loveliest of ornaments

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