59 For thus saith the Lord God, I might even deal with thee, as thou hast done: when thou didst despise the [a]oath, in breaking the covenant.

60 Nevertheless, I will [b]remember my covenant made with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will confirm unto thee an everlasting Covenant.

61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive [c]thy sisters, both thy elder and thy younger, and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not [d]by thy covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:59 When thou brakest the covenant which was made between thee and me, as verse 8.
  2. Ezekiel 16:60 That is, of mercy and love I will pity thee, and so stand to my covenant though thou hast deserved the contrary.
  3. Ezekiel 16:61 Whereby he showeth that among the most wicked, he had ever some seed of his Church, which he would cause to fructify in due time: and here he declareth how he will call the Gentiles.
  4. Ezekiel 16:61 But of my free mercy.

59 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant.(A) 60 Yet I will remember the covenant(B) I made with you in the days of your youth,(C) and I will establish an everlasting covenant(D) with you. 61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed(E) when you receive your sisters, both those who are older than you and those who are younger. I will give them to you as daughters,(F) but not on the basis of my covenant with you.

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