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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 16:60 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| Eze 16:60 |
Strong Concordance |
Nevertheless I will remember [02142] my covenant [01285] with thee in the days [03117] of thy youth [05271], and I will establish [06965] unto thee an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285]. |
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King James |
Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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, Eze 16:43); 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. The law, in its letter, was Israel's (thy) covenant, and in this restricted view was long subsequent (Gal 3:17). Israel interpreted it as a covenant of works, which she while boasting of, failed to fulfil, and so fell under its condemnation (Co2 3:3, Co2 3:6). The law, in its spirit, contains the germ of the Gospel; the New Testament is the full development of the Old, the husk of the outer form being laid aside when the inner spirit was fulfilled in Messiah. God's covenant with Israel, in the person of Abraham, was the reason why, notwithstanding all her guilt, mercy was, and is, in store for her. Therefore the heathen or Gentile nations must come to her for blessings, not she to them.
everlasting covenant-- (Eze 37:26; Sa2 23:5; Isa 55:3). The temporary forms of the law were to be laid aside, that in its permanent and "everlasting" spirit it might be established (Jer 31:31-37; Jer 32:40; Jer 50:4-5; Heb 8:8-13). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The promise of restoration must almost have sounded as strangely as the threat of punishment, including as it did those whom Judah hated and despised Eze 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" Gal 3:17. See |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Nevertheless - The Lord having denounced a perpetual punishment to the impenitent body of the Jewish nation, doth now promise to the remnant, that they shall be remembered, and obtain covenanted mercy. My covenant - In which I promised I would not utterly cut off the seed of Israel, nor fail to send the redeemer, who should turn away iniquity from Jacob. With thee - In the loins of Abraham, and solemnly renewed after their coming out of Egypt, which is the time, called the days of thy youth, Isa 44:2. Establish - Confirm and ratify. It shall be sure, and unfailing. An everlasting covenant - Of long continuance, as to their condition in the land of Canaan, and in what is spiritual, it shall be absolutely everlasting. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I 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. |
8 For [1063] finding fault [3201] with them [846], he saith [3004], Behold [2400], the days [2250] come [2064], saith [3004] the Lord [2962], when [2532] I will make [4931] a new [2537] covenant [1242] with [1909] the house [3624] of Israel [2474] and [2532] with [1909] the house [3624] of Judah [2455]:
9 Not [3756] according to [2596] the covenant [1242] that [3739] I made with [4160] their [846] fathers [3962] in [1722] the day [2250] when I took [1949] them [846] by the hand [3450] [5495] to lead [1806] them [846] out of [1537] the land [1093] of Egypt [125]; because [3754] they [846] continued [1696] not [3756] in [1722] my [3450] covenant [1242], and I [2504] regarded [272] them [846] not [272], saith [3004] the Lord [2962].
10 For [3754] this [3778] is the covenant [1242] that [3739] I will make [1303] with the house [3624] of Israel [2474] after [3326] those [1565] days [2250], saith [3004] the Lord [2962]; I will put [1325] my [3450] laws [3551] into [1519] their [846] mind [1271], and [2532] write [1924] them [846] in [1909] their [846] hearts [2588]: and [2532] I will be [2071] to [1519] them [846] a God [2316], and [2532] they [846] shall be [2071] to [1519] me [3427] a people [2992]:
11 And [2532] they shall [1321] not [3364] teach [1321] every man [1538] his [846] neighbour [4139], and [2532] every man [1538] his [846] brother [80], saying [3004], Know [1097] the Lord [2962]: for [3754] all [3956] shall know [1492] me [3165], from [575] the least [3398] [846] to [2193] the greatest [3173] [846].
12 For [3754] I will be [2071] merciful [2436] to their [846] unrighteousness [93], and [2532] their [846] sins [266] and [2532] their [846] iniquities [458] will I remember [3415] no [3364] more [2089].
13 In [1722] that he saith [3004], A new [2537] covenant, he hath made [3822] the first [4413] old [3822]. Now [1161] that which decayeth [3822] and [2532] waxeth old [1095] is ready [1451] to vanish away [854].
4 In those days [03117], and in that time [06256], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], the children [01121] of Israel [03478] shall come [0935], they and the children [01121] of Judah [03063] together [03162], going [01980] and weeping [01058]: they shall go [03212], and seek [01245] the LORD [03068] their God [0430].
5 They shall ask [07592] the way [01870] to Zion [06726] with their faces [06440] thitherward [02008], saying, Come [0935], and let us join [03867] ourselves to the LORD [03068] in a perpetual [05769] covenant [01285] that shall not be forgotten [07911].
40 And I will make [03772] an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285] with them, that I will not turn away [07725] from them [0310], to do them good [03190]; but I will put [05414] my fear [03374] in their hearts [03824], that they shall not depart [05493] from me.
31 Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that I will make [03772] a new [02319] covenant [01285] with the house [01004] of Israel [03478], and with the house [01004] of Judah [03063]:
32 Not according to the covenant [01285] that I made [03772] with their fathers [01] in the day [03117] that I took [02388] them by the hand [03027] to bring them out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]; which my covenant [01285] they brake [06565], although I was an husband [01166] unto them, saith [05002] the LORD [03068]:
33 But this shall be the covenant [01285] that I will make [03772] with the house [01004] of Israel [03478]; After [0310] those days [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], I will put [05414] my law [08451] in their inward parts [07130], and write [03789] it in their hearts [03820]; and will be their God [0430], and they shall be my people [05971].
34 And they shall teach [03925] no more every man [0376] his neighbour [07453], and every man [0376] his brother [0251], saying [0559], Know [03045] the LORD [03068]: for they shall all know [03045] me, from the least [06996] of them unto the greatest [01419] of them, saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: for I will forgive [05545] their iniquity [05771], and I will remember [02142] their sin [02403] no more.
35 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], which giveth [05414] the sun [08121] for a light [0216] by day [03119], and the ordinances [02708] of the moon [03394] and of the stars [03556] for a light [0216] by night [03915], which divideth [07280] the sea [03220] when the waves [01530] thereof roar [01993]; The LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] is his name [08034]:
36 If those ordinances [02706] depart [04185] from before [06440] me, saith [05002] the LORD [03068], then the seed [02233] of Israel [03478] also shall cease [07673] from being a nation [01471] before [06440] me for ever [03117].
37 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; If heaven [08064] above [04605] can be measured [04058], and the foundations [04146] of the earth [0776] searched out [02713] beneath [04295], I will also cast off [03988] all the seed [02233] of Israel [03478] for all that they have done [06213], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
3 Incline [05186] your ear [0241], and come [03212] unto me: hear [08085], and your soul [05315] shall live [02421]; and I will make [03772] an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285] with you, even the sure [0539] mercies [02617] of David [01732].
5 Although my house [01004] be not so with God [0410]; yet he hath made [07760] with me an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285], ordered [06186] in all things, and sure [08104]: for this is all my salvation [03468], and all my desire [02656], although he make it not to grow [06779].
26 Moreover I will make [03772] a covenant [01285] of peace [07965] with them; it shall be an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285] with them: and I will place [05414] them, and multiply [07235] them, and will set [05414] my sanctuary [04720] in the midst [08432] of them for evermore [05769].
6 Who [3739] also [2532] hath made [2427] us [2248] able [2427] ministers [1249] of the new [2537] testament [1242]; not [3756] of the letter [1121], but [235] of the spirit [4151]: for [1063] the letter [1121] killeth [615], but [1161] the spirit [4151] giveth life [2227].
3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared [5319] to [3754] be [2075] the epistle [1992] of Christ [5547] ministered [1247] by [5259] us [2257], written [1449] not [3756] with ink [3188], but [235] with the Spirit [4151] of the living [2198] God [2316]; not [3756] in [1722] tables [4109] of stone [3035], but [235] in [1722] fleshy [4560] tables [4109] of the heart [2588].
17 And [1161] this [5124] I say [3004], that the covenant [1242], that was confirmed before [4300] of [5259] God [2316] in [1519] Christ [5547], the law [3551], which was [1096] four hundred [5071] and [2532] thirty [5144] years [2094] after [3326], cannot [3756] disannul [208], that [1519] it should make [2673] the promise [1860] of none effect [2673].
63 That thou mayest remember [02142], and be confounded [0954], and never open [06610] thy mouth [06310] any more because [06440] of thy shame [03639], when I am pacified [03722] toward thee for all that thou hast done [06213], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
45 And he remembered [02142] for them his covenant [01285], and repented [05162] according to the multitude [07230] of his mercies [02617].
61 Then thou shalt remember [02142] thy ways [01870], and be ashamed [03637], when thou shalt receive [03947] thy sisters [0269], thine elder [01419] and thy younger [06996]: and I will give [05414] them unto thee for daughters [01323], but not by thy covenant [01285].
43 Because thou hast not remembered [02142] the days [03117] of thy youth [05271], but hast fretted [07264] me in all these things; behold [01887], therefore I also will recompense [05414] thy way [01870] upon thine head [07218], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]: and thou shalt not commit [06213] this lewdness [02154] above all thine abominations [08441].
22 And in all thine abominations [08441] and thy whoredoms [08457] thou hast not remembered [02142] the days [03117] of thy youth [05271], when thou wast naked [05903] and bare [06181], and wast polluted [0947] in thy blood [01818].
17 And [1161] this [5124] I say [3004], that the covenant [1242], that was confirmed before [4300] of [5259] God [2316] in [1519] Christ [5547], the law [3551], which was [1096] four hundred [5071] and [2532] thirty [5144] years [2094] after [3326], cannot [3756] disannul [208], that [1519] it should make [2673] the promise [1860] of none effect [2673].
61 Then thou shalt remember [02142] thy ways [01870], and be ashamed [03637], when thou shalt receive [03947] thy sisters [0269], thine elder [01419] and thy younger [06996]: and I will give [05414] them unto thee for daughters [01323], but not by thy covenant [01285].
2 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] that made [06213] thee, and formed [03335] thee from the womb [0990], which will help [05826] thee; Fear [03372] not, O Jacob [03290], my servant [05650]; and thou, Jesurun [03484], whom I have chosen [0977].