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Ezekiel 16:59

Ezekiel 16:59
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth,.... The covenant made with them at Sinai, quickly after they came out of Egypt, when they were, both as a body politic and…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 16:44-59

The prophet here further shows Jerusalem her abominations, by comparing her with those places that had gone before her, and showing that she was worse than any of them, and therefore should, like…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The fall of Jerusalem, prophetically assumed in Eze 16:16, is now directly threatened. On the "oath" cf. Deu 29:12; Deu 29:14.