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Grow up;[a] I will make you like a plant of the field.” And you grew up, and you became tall and reached full womanhood.[b] Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown, but you were naked and bare.

“‘And I passed by you, and I saw you, and look, your time of lovemaking had come,[c] and so I spread out my hem over you, and I covered your nakedness, and I swore to you, and I entered into[d] a covenant with you,’ declares[e] the Lord Yahweh, ‘and you became mine.[f] And I washed you with water, and I rinsed off your blood from on you, and I anointed you with oil.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:7 Or “A myriad I have made you
  2. Ezekiel 16:7 Literally “ornament of ornaments”
  3. Ezekiel 16:8 Literally “your time was the time of lovemaking”
  4. Ezekiel 16:8 Hebrew “in”
  5. Ezekiel 16:8 Literally “declaration of”
  6. Ezekiel 16:8 Literally “and you were to me”

I made you grow(A) like a plant of the field. You grew and developed and entered puberty. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, yet you were stark naked.(B)

“‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment(C) over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant(D) with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.(E)

“‘I bathed you with water and washed(F) the blood from you and put ointments on you.

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