Ezekiel 16:59
in Ezekiel 16For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also deal with thee as thou hast done, who hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
KJV
For thus saith the Lord God; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
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This verse in Ezekiel 16
Commentary
4 notes on this verse(Verse 59 and following) Thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath and broken the covenant. But I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish with you an everlasting covenant. Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both the older and the younger. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on the basis of the covenant.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
In breaking the covenant - So will I break my covenant with thee.
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For thus saith the Lord God,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the oath--the covenant between God and Israel (De 29:12, 14). As thou hast despised it, so will I despise thee. No covenant is one-sided; where Israel broke faith, God's promise of favor ceased.
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The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| כֹ֤ה | khoh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַר֙ | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| וְעָשִׂ֥יתִי | veasit | and I will deal with | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אוֹתָ֖ךְ | ʾotakh | with you | H854 → | 929 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשִׂ֑ית | ʾasit | you have done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [you] who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּזִ֥ית | bazit | you despised | H959 → | 44 times |
| אָלָ֖ה | ʾalah | an oath | H423 → | 35 times |
| לְהָפֵ֥ר | lehafer | by breaking | H6565 → | 50 times |
| בְּרִֽית׃ | berit | a covenant | H1285 → | 284 times |
כִּ֣יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
כֹ֤הthus
khohH3541 →577 times
אָמַר֙he says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
וְעָשִׂ֥יתִיand I will deal with
veasitH6213 →2628 times
אוֹתָ֖ךְwith you
ʾotakhH854 →929 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
עָשִׂ֑יתyou have done
ʾasitH6213 →2628 times
אֲשֶׁר־[you] who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בָּזִ֥יתyou despised
bazitH959 →44 times
אָלָ֖הan oath
ʾalahH423 →35 times
לְהָפֵ֥רby breaking
lehaferH6565 →50 times
בְּרִֽית׃a covenant
beritH1285 →284 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 24:5The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
it leads to
- Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
- Romans 8:20–21
For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
- Daniel 7:25
He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for…
- Hebrews 9:1
Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
- Ezekiel 20:24
For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.
- Hebrews 13:20
Through
Ezekiel 17:19Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 5:2
Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
- Jeremiah 5:9
Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
- Deuteronomy 5:11
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- Jeremiah 5:2
Where this verse is studied
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.