The birth of Israel, as told by Ezekiel 16:4-6
וּמוֹלְדוֹתַיִךְ, בְּיוֹם הוּלֶּדֶת אוֹתָךְ לֹא-כָרַּת שָׁרֵּךְ, וּבְמַיִם לֹא-רֻחַצְתְּ לְמִשְׁעִי, וְהָמְלֵחַ לֹא הֻמְלַחַתְּ, וְהָחְתֵּל לֹא חֻתָּלְתְּ
And when you were born, on the day of your birth they didn't cut the umbilical cord, and didn't wash you with water to clean you, and at the salting you weren't salted, and at the swaddling you weren't swaddled
לֹא-חָסָה עָלַיִךְ עַיִן, לַעֲשׂוֹת לָךְ אַחַת מֵאֵלֶּה לְחֻמְלָה עָלָיִךְ, וַתֻּשְׁלְכִי אֶל-פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה, בְּגֹעַל נַפְשֵׁךְ, בְּיוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת אֹתָךְ
No eye had mercy on you, to do for you any of these things out of compassion for you, and you were cast into a field, in disgust of your soul, on the day that you were born
וָאֶעֱבֹר עָלַיִךְ וָאֶרְאֵךְ, מִתְבּוֹסֶסֶת בְּדָמָיִךְ, וָאֹמַר לָךְ בְּדָמַיִךְ: חֲיִי! וָאֹמַר לָךְ בְּדָמַיִךְ: חֲיִי!
And I passed by you and saw you, stewing in your blood, and I said to you: In your blood, live! And I said to you: In your blood, live!
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