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Commentary for Ezekiel 16:45

בַּת־אִמֵּ֣ךְ אַ֔תְּ גֹּעֶ֥לֶת אִישָׁ֖הּ וּבָנֶ֑יהָ וַאֲח֨וֹת אֲחוֹתֵ֜ךְ אַ֗תְּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר גָּֽעֲ֙לוּ֙ אַנְשֵׁיהֶ֣ן וּבְנֵיהֶ֔ן אִמְּכֶ֣ן חִתִּ֔ית וַאֲבִיכֶ֖ן אֱמֹרִֽי׃

Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children; your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

Rashi on Ezekiel

your mother’s daughter The nation of Canaan, whose land you inherited.
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Rashi on Ezekiel

spewing forth her husband and her children Who so increased their abominations that the land spewed forth its inhabitants, the fathers and the children together.
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and you are your sister’s sister Sodom, which is next to the land of Israel.
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