Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was as the time of love, and I spread my skirts over thee, and covered [a]thy filthiness: yea, I swear unto thee, and entered into a covenant with [b]thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:8 These words, as blood, pollution, nakedness, and filthiness, are oftentimes repeated to beat down their pride, and to cause them to consider what they were before God received them to mercy, favored them and covered their shame.
  2. Ezekiel 16:8 That thou shouldest be a chaste wife unto me, and that I should maintain thee and endue thee with all graces.

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