Ezekiel 16:60

Ezekiel 16:60 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Nevertheless I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.

Context of Ezekiel 16:60

58You must accept your punishment because of the disgusting things that you have done. You have not been faithful to me. That is what the Almighty Lord says. 59This is what the Almighty Lord says: You have not done the things that you promised to do when I made a covenant with you. So I will punish you as you deserve. But I will remember the covenant that I made with you when you were still young. I will make that covenant strong and it will continue for ever. 61Then you will remember the wicked things that you have done and you will be ashamed. You will welcome again your sisters, Sodom and Samaria. I will make them like daughters for you. But they will not share in the same covenant that I make with you. 62I will cause the covenant that I make with you to be strong. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:60 word by word

וְזָכַרְתִּ֨י אֲנִ֧י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֛י אוֹתָ֖ךְ בִּימֵ֣י נְעוּרָ֑יִךְ וַהֲקִמוֹתִ֥י לָ֖ךְ בְּרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nevertheless I will rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• my covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• with thee in the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of thy youthנְעוּרִיםnâ‛ûr nâ‛ûr ne‛ûrâh · youthH5271
• and I will establishקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• unto thee an everlastingעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:60

• Ezekiel 16:8Later, I saw you again as I went that way. I saw that you had become a woman who was old enough to marry. So I covered your bare body with my coat. I promised to marry you. I made a covenant with you so that you became my wife. That is what the Almighty Lord says.
• Leviticus 26:42Then I will remember my covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I will remember that I gave their land to them.
• Nehemiah 1:5I prayed, ‘Lord, God of heaven, you are great and powerful. You always continue to love your people, as you have promised to do. You are kind to those people who love you and obey your commands.
• Psalms 105:8He will always remember the covenant that he made with us. He made that promise to continue for ever.
• Psalms 106:45He remembered the covenant that he had made with them. Because of his faithful love for his people, he stopped punishing them.
• Jeremiah 2:2He said, ‘Go and tell this to the people in Jerusalem: “This is what the Lord says: I remember how you used to love me when you were young. You loved me as a young wife loves her husband. You followed me through the wilderness, where no crops were growing.
• Jeremiah 33:20‘I, the Lord, say to you, “The day and the night will always come at their proper times. I have made that agreement with them, and nobody can stop it.
• Hosea 2:15There, I will give her the vineyards that she had before. I will change Trouble Valley into a place where there is hope. She will be happy with me there, as she was when she was young. That was the time when she came out of Egypt.
• Luke 1:72He has promised to be kind to our ancestors. He will do the things that he promised in his holy covenant.
• Ezekiel 27:26Your sailors took you into the great waves of the sea. There, a strong east wind has caused you to break into small pieces.
• Isaiah 55:3Come to me and listen carefully. If you accept my teaching, you will have real life! Then I will make a covenant with you, to be my people. My promise will continue for ever, like the promise that I made to King David.
• 2 Samuel 23:5That is how God will bless my descendants. He has made a promise to me that will continue for ever. It is a strong promise that will never change. I know that he will always help me. He will do for me everything that I hope for.
• Jeremiah 31:31The Lord says, ‘A time will soon come when I make a new covenant with Israel's people and with Judah's people.
• Jeremiah 32:38They will be my people and I will be their God.
• Jeremiah 50:5They will ask people to show them the way to Zion. They will travel in that direction. They will promise to serve the Lord. They will make a covenant with him that will continue for ever. Nobody will ever forget that covenant.
• Hosea 2:19Israel, I will make you my wife for ever. I will promise to help you in a way that is right and fair. I will be kind to you with a faithful love.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:60

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 60I will remember my covenant - That is, the covenant I made with Abraham in the day or thy youth, when in him thou didst begin to be a nation.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 60The promise of restoration must almost have sounded as strangely as the threat of punishment, including as it did those whom Judah hated and despised Ezekiel 16:61. The covenant of restoration was not to be like the old covenant. Not “by thy covenant,” but “by My covenant.” The people‘s covenant was the pledge of obedience. That had been found ineffectual. But the covenant of God was by “promise” Galatians 3:17. SeeRead the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 59-63Verses 59-63 After a full warning of judgments, mercy is remembered, mercy is reserved. These closing verses are a precious promise, in part fulfilled at the return of the penitent and reformed Jews out of Babylon, but to have fuller accomplishment in gospel times. The Divine mercy should be powerful to melt our hearts into godly sorrow for sin. Nor will God ever leave the sinner to perish, who is humbled for his sins, and comes to trust in His mercy and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 59-63Jerusalem's sins were serious and required judgment. But judgment was not God's final word on Jerusalem. She had broken God's covenant in many ways. Because of this, she deserved the penalty of death. But judgment was not God’s final word. The Lord would remember the covenant he made with her at the beginning. His plans for his people could not be stopped, even by their sin. His covenant commitment lasts forever (Psalm 136). In the end, God would forgive…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6060. The promise here bursts forth unexpectedly like the sun from the dark clouds. With all her forgetfulness of God, God still remembers her; showing that her redemption is altogether of grace. Contrast "I will remember," with "thou hast not remembered" (Eze 16:22, 43); also "My covenant," with "Thy covenant" (Eze 16:61; Psa 106:45); then the effect produced on her is (Eze 16:63) "that thou mayest remember." God's promise was one of promise and of grace…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:60

• God
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings