The mother — Old Jerusalem, when the seat of the Jebusites, or the land of Canaan, when full of the idolatrous, bloody, barbarous nations. Her daughter — Jerusalem, or the Jews who are more like those accursed nations in sin, than near them in place of abode.
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Ezekiel 16:44
44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.