Ezekiel 16:8

Modern English Version

When I passed by you and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time for love. So I spread My garment over you and covered your nakedness. Indeed, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became Mine.

Cross References

Genesis 22:16

and said, “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Exodus 15:16

Fear and dread fall upon them; by the greatness of Your arm they are as still as a stone, until Your people pass over, O  Lord, until the people whom You have purchased pass over.

Exodus 32:13

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.’ ”

Isaiah 43:1

But now, thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.

Isaiah 43:4

Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honorable, and I have loved you; therefore, I will give men for you, and people for your life.

Jeremiah 31:3

The Lord has appeared to him from afar, saying: Indeed, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.

Jeremiah 31:32

It will not be according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, because they broke My covenant, although I was a husband to them, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:6

When I passed by you and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said to you when you were in your blood, “Live!” Indeed, I said to you when you were in your blood, “Live!”

Hosea 11:1

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

Hosea 2:15

From there, I will give her vineyards to her, and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope. She will respond there as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

Hosea 2:7

She will pursue her lovers, but she will not reach them; and she will seek them but will not find them. Then she will say, “I will go and return to my first husband, for it was better for me then than now.”

Malachi 1:2

I have loved you, says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? says the Lord. Yet I have loved Jacob;

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Deuteronomy 4:31

(for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.

Ruth 3:9

He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth, your maidservant. Spread your cloak over me, for you are a redeeming kinsman.”

1 Samuel 12:22

As befits His great name, the Lord will not abandon His people. For it has pleased the Lord to make you His people.