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I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For thus says the Lord GOD: “I will deal with you as you have done, who despised the oath by breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: “I will also do with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For thus says the Lord GOD, &#8220I will also do with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For thus says the Lord GOD, “I will also do with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For thus says Lord Yahweh, “I will also do with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Yes, thus says the Lord GOD, “I will also deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to what you have done, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to what you have done, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also deal with thee as thou hast done, who hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jerusalem, you deserve to be punished, because you broke your promises and ignored our agreement. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord GOD: I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: I will give you what you deserve. You despised your marriage vows and rejected my promise. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Sovereign LORD says, "I will treat you the way you deserve, because you ignored your promises and broke the covenant. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"since the Lord GOD says, 'I'll deal with you according to what you've done, when you despised your oath by breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'For this is what the sovereign LORD says: I will deal with you according to what you have done when you despised your oath by breaking your covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"For thus says the Lord GOD: 'I will also deal with you as you have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, who hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘For the Lord Yahweh says: “I will also deal with you as you have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For thus said Lord YHWH: I have dealt with you as you have done, "" In that you have despised an oath—to break covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have dealt with thee as thou hast done, In that thou hast despised an oath -- to break covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For thus said the Lord Jehovah: And doing with thee according as thou didst who despised the oath to break the covenant.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord God: I will deal with thee, as thou hast despised the oath, in breaking the covenant: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For thus says the Lord God: “I will act toward you, just as you have despised the oath, so that you would make void the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For thus says the Lord GOD: I will deal with you for what you did; you despised an oath by breaking a covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Yes, thus says the Lord GOD: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath, breaking the covenant;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For thus says the LORD God: I will even deal with you as you have done, because you have despised my oaths and nullified my covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: “I do to you as you have done, because you despised my oath and you have nullified my covenant<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord GOD: I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, who hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord; I will even do to thee as thou hast done, as thou hast dealt shamefully in these things to transgress my covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/16-59.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=4124" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">The Covenant Remembered</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">59</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: ḵōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·ʿå̄·śīṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">I will deal</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’ō·w·ṯāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">with you</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">according to</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śîṯ (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">your deeds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">since</a> <a href="/hebrew/959.htm" title="959: bā·zîṯ (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To despise. A primitive root; to disesteem.">you have despised</a> <a href="/hebrew/423.htm" title="423: ’ā·lāh (N-fs) -- An oath. From 'alah; an imprecation.">the oath</a> <a href="/hebrew/6565.htm" title="6565: lə·hā·p̄êr (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To break up, to violate, frustrate. A primitive root; to break up">by breaking</a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rîṯ (N-fs) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">the covenant.</a> </span><span class="reftext">60</span>But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-32.htm">Jeremiah 31:32</a></span><br />It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-2.htm">Hosea 2:2-5</a></span><br />Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts. / Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. / I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-5.htm">Isaiah 54:5-8</a></span><br />For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth. / For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God. / “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Jeremiah 3:20</a></span><br />But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/1-2.htm">Hosea 1:2</a></span><br />When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Jeremiah 11:10</a></span><br />They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-16.htm">Deuteronomy 31:16</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15</a></span><br />They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-15.htm">Leviticus 26:15</a></span><br />and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10</a></span><br />They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-43.htm">Matthew 21:43</a></span><br />Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-20.htm">Romans 11:20-22</a></span><br />That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. / For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either. / Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-9.htm">Hebrews 8:9</a></span><br />It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-24.htm">Galatians 4:24-26</a></span><br />These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar. / Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. / But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-2.htm">2 Corinthians 11:2</a></span><br />I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For thus said the Lord GOD; I will even deal with you as you have done, which have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.</p><p class="hdg">I will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/7-4.htm">Ezekiel 7:4,8,9</a></b></br> And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/14-4.htm">Ezekiel 14:4</a></b></br> Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm">Isaiah 3:11</a></b></br> Woe unto the wicked! <i>it shall be</i> ill <i>with him</i>: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.</p><p class="hdg">which</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/17-13.htm">Ezekiel 17:13-16</a></b></br> And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1-8</a></b></br> And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/29-10.htm">Deuteronomy 29:10-15,25</a></b></br> Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, <i>with</i> all the men of Israel, … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-39.htm">Break</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-35.htm">Breaking</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-13.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-47.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-64.htm">Deserve</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-45.htm">Despised</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-56.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-19.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-57.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-48.htm">Sovereign</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-15.htm">Break</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-18.htm">Breaking</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-16.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-9.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-27.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/matthew/22-8.htm">Deserve</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-16.htm">Despised</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-13.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-13.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-16.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-16.htm">Sovereign</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-1.htm">Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">God's extraordinary love toward her,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Her grievous judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-35.htm">Her sin, equal to her mother, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">59. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-59.htm">calls for judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">60. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Mercy is promised her in the end</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For this is what the Lord GOD says:</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the authority and sovereignty of God. In the prophetic books, this introduction is a common formula that underscores the divine origin of the message. It is a reminder that the words spoken are not merely human opinions but are declarations from the Almighty. This phrase is used throughout the Old Testament to assert the seriousness and truth of the prophecy.<p><b>I will deal with you according to your deeds:</b><br>This statement reflects the principle of divine justice, where God responds to the actions of individuals or nations. In the context of Ezekiel, God is addressing the people of Jerusalem, who have turned away from Him. The concept of retribution according to deeds is consistent with other biblical passages, such as <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a>, which states, "A man reaps what he sows." It highlights the moral order established by God, where actions have consequences.<p><b>since you have despised the oath:</b><br>The "oath" refers to the covenant relationship between God and Israel, established at Sinai (Exodus 19-24). To despise the oath is to treat it with contempt, indicating a serious breach of faithfulness. In ancient Near Eastern culture, oaths and covenants were binding agreements, and breaking them was a grave offense. This phrase underscores the gravity of Israel's unfaithfulness and their disregard for the sacred promises made to God.<p><b>by breaking the covenant:</b><br>The covenant mentioned here is the Mosaic Covenant, which included laws, commandments, and stipulations that the Israelites were to follow. Breaking the covenant implies a violation of the terms agreed upon, leading to the loss of blessings and the imposition of curses as outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. This breach is not just a legal issue but a relational one, as it signifies a betrayal of the intimate relationship between God and His people. The breaking of the covenant is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature, highlighting the need for repentance and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a></b><br>The sovereign and covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is speaking through the prophet Ezekiel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the exiles in Babylon, delivering messages of judgment and hope.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, depicted in this chapter as an unfaithful wife who has broken her covenant with God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>The sacred agreement between God and Israel, which Israel has violated through idolatry and unfaithfulness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The context in which Ezekiel prophesied, a period of judgment for Israel's disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_covenant.htm">The Seriousness of Covenant</a></b><br>God's covenants are sacred and binding. Breaking them has serious consequences, as seen in Israel's history.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>While God is just and must deal with sin, His ultimate desire is for restoration and reconciliation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_relationships.htm">Faithfulness in Relationships</a></b><br>Just as God expects faithfulness in His covenant, we are called to be faithful in our commitments and relationships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_new_covenant_in_christ.htm">The New Covenant in Christ</a></b><br>Through Jesus, we have a new covenant that offers forgiveness and a restored relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>God always provides a path to repentance and restoration, no matter how far we have strayed.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_god_vs._satan.htm">What does the Bible say about God versus Satan?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_ezekiel_16_3_say_jerusalem's_ancestry_is_amorite_and_hittite.htm">How can Ezekiel 16:3 claim Jerusalem's ancestry is Amorite and Hittite when historical records emphasize Israel's descent from Abraham?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_deut._7_16_align_with_israel's_losses.htm">How can Deuteronomy 7:16's promise of victory over enemies be reconciled with records of Israel's military setbacks in other biblical accounts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer._6_16_align_with_deut..htm">How does Jeremiah 6:16's call for following the 'ancient paths' align or conflict with similar instructions elsewhere in Scripture, such as Deuteronomy's repeated emphasis on covenant law?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(59) <span class= "bld">In breaking the covenant.</span>--This was the especial point of the heinousness of the sin of the Jews, and the one which so greatly aggravated their guilt. The sin was necessarily proportioned to the light against which it had been committed. (Comp. <a href="/john/9-39.htm" title="And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.">John 9:39</a>; <a href="/john/9-41.htm" title="Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you should have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.">John 9:41</a>; <a href="/john/15-22.htm" title="If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.">John 15:22</a>; <a href="/john/15-24.htm" title="If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.">John 15:24</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 59, 60.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will even deal with thee,</span> etc. The law of retribution is stated in all its fulness. Falling back upon the idea of the espousals of Israel in the covenant made at Sinai (<a href="/leviticus/26-42.htm">Leviticus 26:42, 45</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/29-11.htm">Deuteronomy 29:11, 12</a>), Ezekiel presses home on Judah the thought that she had broken that covenant. She must suffer as though it no longer existed. She must "dree her weird" and "accept her punishment" (<a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Leviticus 26:41</a>). And then Jehovah would show that he had not really been unmindful of his part in it. He bad remained faithful in spite of her unfaithfulness. And so in the day of her repentance he will not only renew it, but will give it a higher and more permanent character. The "new covenant" of which Ezekiel's master had spoken (<a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31</a>) should not be as the old, decaying and vanishing away, but should be foreverlasting. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/16-59.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḵōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַר֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘I will deal</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָשִׂ֥יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·śî·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with you</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹתָ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·w·ṯāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">according to</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your deeds,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשִׂ֑ית</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">since</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have despised</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּזִ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bā·zîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_959.htm">Strong's 959: </a> </span><span class="str2">To disesteem</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the oath</span><br /><span class="heb">אָלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_423.htm">Strong's 423: </a> </span><span class="str2">An imprecation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by breaking</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהָפֵ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hā·p̄êr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6565.htm">Strong's 6565: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break up, to violate, frustrate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the covenant.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִֽית׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covenant</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/16-59.htm">Ezekiel 16:59 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16-59.htm">Ezekiel 16:59 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16-59.htm">Ezekiel 16:59 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16-59.htm">Ezekiel 16:59 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16-59.htm">Ezekiel 16:59 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/16-59.htm">Ezekiel 16:59 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/16-59.htm">Ezekiel 16:59 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/16-59.htm">Ezekiel 16:59 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/16-59.htm">Ezekiel 16:59 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/16-59.htm">Ezekiel 16:59 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/16-59.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:59 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: (Ezek. 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