Ezekiel 16:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

thy... thee: i.e. the city. Not the nation at Sinai,

thy time, &c. Of this covenant nothing has been recorded. The secret is here first revealed.

I spread My skirt, he. The symbolic act to-day, signifying the taking under one's protection. Common in the East for marrying. Compare Ruth 3:9.

saith the Lord God [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.

Ezekiel 16:8

8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.