I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.
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Gill's Exposition
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee,.... Which the Targum refers to the Lord's appearance to Moses in the bush; See Gill on Eze 16:6;
behold, thy time was the time of love; which the…
Barnes' Notes
I caused “thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou” didst increase “and” wax “great, and thou” didst come “to excellent” beauty; “thy breasts” were “fashioned and thine hair” was grown, yet…
In there verses we have an account of the great things which God did for the Jewish nation in raising them up by degrees to be very considerable. 1. God saved them from the ruin they were upon the…
Cambridge Bible
have caused … multiply Lit. as marg. made thee a myriad. This idea of multiplication in numberdeserts the figure, introducing the notion of the numerical increase of the people (Exo 1:7; Deu 10:22;…
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