Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:8
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8. thy time of love —literally, "loves" (compare :- ). Thou wast of marriageable age, but none was willing to marry thee, naked as thou wast. I then regarded thee with a look of grace when the full time of thy deliverance was come ( Genesis 15:13 ; Genesis 15:14 ; Acts 7:6 ; Acts 7:7 ). It is not she that makes the advance to God, but God to her; she has nothing to entitle her to such notice, yet He regards her not with mere benevolence, but with love, such as one cherishes to the person of his wife ( Song of Solomon 1:3-6 ; Jeremiah 31:3 ; Malachi 1:2 ). spread my skirt over thee —the mode of espousals ( Ruth 3:9 ). I betrothed thee ( Deuteronomy 4:37 ; Deuteronomy 10:15 ; Hosea 11:1 ). The cloak is often used as a bed coverlet in the East. God explains what He means, "I entered into . . . covenant with thee," that is, at Sinai. So Israel became "the wife of God's covenant" ( Isaiah 54:5 ; Jeremiah 3:14 ; Hosea 2:19 ; Hosea 2:20 ; Malachi 2:14 ). thou . . . mine — ( Exodus 19:5 ; Jeremiah 2:2 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-9" class="com-number"
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