Ezekiel 16:8
Context| NETBible | “‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing 1 that you had reached the age for love. 2 I spread my cloak 3 over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine. |
| XREF | Ex 19:4-8; Ex 24:1-8; Ex 32:13; De 4:31; De 7:6-8; Ru 3:9; 1Sa 12:22; Isa 41:8,9; Isa 43:4; Isa 63:7-9; Jer 2:2,3; Jer 31:3; Jer 31:32; Eze 16:6; Eze 20:5,6; Ho 2:18-20; Ho 11:1; Mal 1:2; Ro 5:8; Ro 9:10-13 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a participle. 2 tn See similar use of this term in Ezek 23:17; Prov 7:16; Song of Songs 4:10; 7:13. 3 tn Heb “wing” or “skirt.” The gesture symbolized acquiring a woman in early Arabia (similarly, see Deut 22:30; Ruth 3:9). |
