Ezekiel 16:6-8
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
6 I passed by you, and saw you flailing about in your blood. As you lay in your blood, I said to you, ‘Live! 7 and grow up[a] like a plant of the field.’ You grew up and became tall and arrived at full womanhood;[b] your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet you were naked and bare.
8 I passed by you again and looked on you; you were at the age for love. I spread the edge of my cloak over you, and covered your nakedness: I pledged myself to you and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became mine.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Ezekiel 16:7 Gk Syr: Heb Live! I made you a myriad
- Ezekiel 16:7 Cn: Heb ornament of ornaments
New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Bible Gateway Recommends








