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59 For thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you for what you did; you despised an oath by breaking a covenant.(A) 60 But I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young; I will set up an everlasting covenant[a] with you.(B) 61 Then you shall remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, those older and younger than you; I give them to you as daughters, but not by reason of your covenant.

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  1. 16:60 Everlasting covenant: Ezekiel foresees God renewing the covenant of Sinai in a new and spirit-empowered way that will not be fatally broken as in the present exile or force God to abandon Israel again; cf. 11:19–21; 36:25–27; 37:26–28.