Ezekiel 16:61
in Ezekiel 16Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then shalt thou remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder sisters and thy younger; and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
KJV
Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
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This verse in Ezekiel 16
Commentary
8 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 Church Fathers2 voices
Let us pray with all our heart that God would grant us to fight for truth to the very end of our mind and body.
After receiving the price of my sins and being re-established, and the covenant made with me, then do I understand my evil deeds, and I am confounded, and within I punish myself.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
But not - Not by that old covenant which was violated; nor by external ceremonies, which were a great part of the first covenant, but by that covenant which writes the law in the heart, and puts the fear of God into the inward parts.
Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite. 4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
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2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
God means, "not that thou on thy part hast stood to the covenant, but that 'I am the Lord, I change not' (Mal 3:6) from My original love to thee in thy youth" (see Ro 3:3).
Thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger - The Gentiles, who were before the Jews were called, and after the Jews were cast off, are here termed the elder and younger sister. These were to be given to Jerusalem for daughters; the latter should be converted to God by the ministry of men who should spring out of the Jewish Church. The former, who were patriarchs, etc., profited by the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזָכַ֣רְתְּ | vezakhart | and you will remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דְּרָכַיִךְ֮ | derakhayikh | ways your | H1870 → | 707 times |
| וְנִכְלַמְתְּ֒ | venikhlamt | and you will be ashamed | H3637 → | 38 times |
| בְּקַחְתֵּ֗ךְ | bekachtekh | when receive you | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲחוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ | ʾachotayikh | sisters your | H269 → | 114 times |
| הַגְּדֹל֣וֹת | hagedolot | <the> old | H1419 → | 526 times |
| מִמֵּ֔ךְ | mimekh | more than you | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַקְּטַנּ֖וֹת | haketanot | <the> young | H6996 → | 101 times |
| מִמֵּ֑ךְ | mimekh | more than you | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| וְנָתַתִּ֨י | venatati | and I will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶתְהֶ֥ן | ʾethen | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לָ֛ךְ | lakh | to <the> you | ||
| לְבָנ֖וֹת | levanot | to daughters | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| מִבְּרִיתֵֽךְ׃ | miberitekh | from covenant your | H1285 → | 284 times |
וְזָכַ֣רְתְּand you will remember
vezakhartH2142 →230 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דְּרָכַיִךְ֮ways your
derakhayikhH1870 →707 times
וְנִכְלַמְתְּ֒and you will be ashamed
venikhlamtH3637 →38 times
בְּקַחְתֵּ֗ךְwhen receive you
bekachtekhH3947 →966 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲחוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙sisters your
ʾachotayikhH269 →114 times
הַגְּדֹל֣וֹת<the> old
hagedolotH1419 →526 times
מִמֵּ֔ךְmore than you
mimekhH4480 →1188 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַקְּטַנּ֖וֹת<the> young
haketanotH6996 →101 times
מִמֵּ֑ךְmore than you
mimekhH4480 →1188 times
וְנָתַתִּ֨יand I will give
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
אֶתְהֶ֥ן<obj.> them
ʾethenH853 →10935 times
לָ֛ךְto <the> you
lakh
לְבָנ֖וֹתto daughters
levanotH1323 →588 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
מִבְּרִיתֵֽךְ׃from covenant your
miberitekhH1285 →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
Hebrews 8:13By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Hebrews 7:18–19
So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
- Hebrews 7:11–12
Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of…
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
Through
Ephesians 3:6This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
it leads to
- Galatians 3:26–29
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 3:14
He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
- Romans 8:15–17
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- 1 John 2:25
And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
- 1 John 1:3
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
- Galatians 3:26–29
Where this verse is studied
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 10:5.