None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

But thou wast cast out in the open field. The exposure of infants was common in ancient times.

To the loathing of thy person - referring to the unsightly aspect of the exposed infant. Fairbairn translates, 'with contempt (or disdainful indifference) of thy life.'

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