Ezekiel 16:61

Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
remember	וְזָכַ֣רְתְּ ve.za.Khart	H2142	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person feminine singular
ways	דְּרָכַיִךְ֮ de.ra.kha.yiKh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
ashamed	וְנִכְלַמְתְּ֒ ve.nikh.lamT	H3637	properly · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 2nd person feminine singular
receive	בְּקַחְתֵּ֗ךְ be.kach.Tekh	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
sisters	אֲחוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ 'a.cho.Ta.yikh	H269	a sister (used very widely (like brother) · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
elder	הַגְּדֹל֣וֹת ha.ge.do.Lot	H1419	great (in any sense) · definite article + adjective, feminine plural absolute
younger	הַקְּטַנּ֖וֹת ha.ke.ta.Not	H6996	abbreviated · definite article + adjective, feminine plural absolute
give	וְנָתַתִּ֨י ve.na.ta.Ti	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
daughters	לְבָנ֖וֹת le.va.Not	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · preposition + noun, common feminine plural absolute
covenant	מִבְּרִיתֵֽךְ mi.be.ri.Tekh	H1285	a compact (because made by passing between pieces of fl… · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Galatians 4:26-31 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Hebrews 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Isaiah 66:7-12 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Jeremiah 50:4-5 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weepi…
Ezekiel 20:43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight fo…
Romans 11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to…
Romans 15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be…
Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:60–end

Here, in the close of the chapter, after a most shameful conviction of sin and a most dreadful denunciation of judgments, mercy is remembered, mercy is reserved, for those who shall come after. As was when God swore in his wrath concerning those who came out of Egypt that they should not enter Canaan, "Yet" (says God) "your little ones shall;" so here. And some think that what is said of the return of Sodom and Samaria (Eze 16:53, Eze 16:55), and of Jerusalem with them, is a promise; it may be understood so, if by Sodom we understand (as Grotius and some of the Jewish writers do) the Moabites and Ammonites, the posterity of Lot, who once dwelt in Sodom; their captivity was returned (Jer 48:4…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:61

thou shalt remember--It is God who first remembers her before she remembers Him and her own ways before Him (Eze 16:60; Eze 20:43; Eze 36:31). ashamed--the fruit of repentance (Co2 7:10-11). None please God unless those who displease themselves; a foretaste of the Gospel (Luk 18:9-14). I will give them unto thee for daughters-- (Isa 54:1; Isa 60:3-4; Gal 4:26, &c.). All the heathen nations, not merely Sodom and Samaria, are meant by "thy sisters, elder and younger." In Jerusalem first, individual believers were gathered into the elect Church. From Jerusalem the Gospel went forth to gather in individuals of the Gentiles; and Judah with Jerusalem shall also be the first nation which, as su…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:61

Thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger - The Gentiles, who were before the Jews were called, and after the Jews were cast off, are here termed the elder and younger sister. These were to be given to Jerusalem for daughters; the latter should be converted to God by the ministry of men who should spring out of the Jewish Church. The former, who were patriarchs, etc., profited by the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world. Among the latter the Gospel was preached, first by Christ and his apostles, and since by persons raised up from among themselves. But not by thy covenant - This was the ancient covenant, the conditions of which they broke, and the blessings of which they forfei…

The Church Fathers

Let us pray with all our heart that God would grant us to fight for truth to the very end of our mind and body.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 10:5

After receiving the price of my sins and being re-established, and the covenant made with me, then do I understand my evil deeds, and I am confounded, and within I punish myself.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 10:5

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Dictionary and topics

Fornication — In every form of it was sternly condemned by the Mosaic law (Lev. 21:9; 19:29; Deut. 22:20, 21, 23-29; 23:18; Ex. 22:16). (See ADULTERY.) But this word is more frequently used in a symbolical than in…
Solomon, Song of — Called also, after the Vulgate, the “Canticles.” It is the “song of songs” (1:1), as being the finest and most precious of its kind; the noblest song, “das Hohelied,” as Luther calls it. The…
Covenant, The · Is everlasting — Is everlasting
Repentance · 4:29-31;10:16;30:1-3,8-10;32:29; — 4:29-31;10:16;30:1-3,8-10;32:29;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 16:61

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:60–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:61

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:61

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 16:61

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:60–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:61

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:61

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ezekiel 16:61

John Calvin on Ezekiel 16:61

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 16:53–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 16:59-63

Rashi on Ezekiel 16:61