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.