Ezekiel 16:8
Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
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thy time

Ezekiel 16:6
Then I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!" There I said to you, "Live!"

Deuteronomy 7:6-8
For you are a people holy unto the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be as a people for His prized possession, above all peoples on the face of the earth. . . .

Ruth 3:9
"Who are you?" he asked. "I am your servant Ruth, " she replied. "Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer."

1 Samuel 12:22
Indeed, for the sake of His great name the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

Isaiah 41:8
But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend--

Isaiah 43:4
Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.

Isaiah 63:7-9
I will make known the LORD's loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all the LORD has done for us--even the many good things He has done for the house of Israel according to His compassion and the abundance of His loving devotion. . . .

Jeremiah 2:2, 3
"Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. . . .

Jeremiah 31:3
The LORD appeared to him from afar: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

Malachi 1:2
"I have loved you, " says the LORD. But you ask, "How have You loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD. "Yet Jacob I have loved,

Romans 5:8
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 9:10-13
Not only that, but Rebecca's children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac. . . .

and I

Ruth 3:9
"Who are you?" he asked. "I am your servant Ruth, " she replied. "Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer."

I sware

Ezekiel 20:5, 6
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, "I am the LORD your God." . . .

Exodus 19:4-8
You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself. . . .

Exodus 24:1-8
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD--you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders--and you are to worship at a distance. . . .

Exodus 32:13
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, 'I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.'"

Deuteronomy 4:31
For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.

Jeremiah 2:2, 3
"Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. . . .

Jeremiah 31:32
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt--a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them, " declares the LORD.

Hosea 2:18-20
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine," declares the Lord GOD.

King James Bible
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine." This is the declaration of the Lord GOD."

International Standard Version
"When I passed by you again, I looked at you, and noticed that it was your proper time for love. I spread my cloak over you to cover your nakedness. I made a solemn promise to you and entered into a covenant with you," declares the Lord GOD. "You belong to me.

NET Bible
"'Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing that you had reached the age for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign LORD, and you became mine.
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