Ezekiel 16:8
Christian Standard Bible
8 “‘Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed at the age for love. So I spread the edge of my garment over you and covered your nakedness.(A) I pledged myself to you,(B) entered into a covenant with you—this is the declaration of the Lord God—and you became mine.(C)
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Ezekiel 16:59-62
Christian Standard Bible
59 “‘For this is what the Lord God says: I will deal with you according to what you have done, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.(A) 60 But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a permanent covenant with you.(B) 61 Then you will remember your ways(C) and be ashamed when you[a] receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant. 62 I will establish my covenant with you,(D) and you will know that I am the Lord,
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- 16:61 Some LXX mss, Syr read I
Hosea 2:16-20
Christian Standard Bible
16 In that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you will call me “my husband”(A)
and no longer call me “my Baal.”[a]
17 For I will remove the names of the Baals
from her mouth;
they will no longer be remembered by their names.
18 On that day I will make a covenant for them
with the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the creatures that crawl on the ground.(B)
I will shatter bow, sword,
and weapons of war in the land[b](C)
and will enable the people to rest securely.(D)
19 I will take you to be my wife forever.(E)
I will take you to be my wife in righteousness,
justice, love, and compassion.(F)
20 I will take you to be my wife in faithfulness,
and you will know the Lord.(G)
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