Ezekiel 16:59

59 The LORD and King says, "I will punish you in keeping with what you have done. I sealed with an oath the covenant I made with you. You hated that oath. And you broke my covenant.

Ezekiel 16:59 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:59

For thus saith the Lord God
And what he says may be depended upon as truth, and what will certainly come to pass: I will even deal with thee as thou hast done;
reward them according to their works; or execute the law of retaliation upon them; and reject them, as they had rejected him; and cast them off from being his people, since they had forsook him as their God; they being the aggressors and transgressors of the covenant, he was under no obligation by virtue of that to bless and protect them: which hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant;
the covenant at Mount Sinai; or which was made in the plains of Moab, which had an oath annexed to it, ( Deuteronomy 29:12 ) ; but by breaking the covenant, which they did by their many abominations, they despised the oath by which they were sworn to keep it; and therefore it was but just with God to do with them as they had done with him and his covenant. The words are by some rendered, "I might even deal with thee as thou hast done" ^F9 I should be justified in so doing, and you could not justly complain of me; but I will not, as follows:

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (tyve rvak Ktwa tyvew) "ego quidem agerem tecum, quemadmodum fecisti mecum", Tigurine version.

Ezekiel 16:59 In-Context

57 That was before your sin was uncovered. Now the daughters of Edom make fun of you. So do all of her neighbors and the daughters of the Philistines. Everyone who lives around you looks down on you.

58 You will be punished for your impure conduct. I will also punish you for the other evil things you have done. I hate all of those things," announces the Lord.

59 The LORD and King says, "I will punish you in keeping with what you have done. I sealed with an oath the covenant I made with you. You hated that oath. And you broke my covenant.

60 "But I will remember my covenant with you. I made it with you when you were young. Now I will make a new covenant with you. It will last forever.

61 Then you will remember how you have lived. You will be ashamed when I give you Samaria and Sodom. Samaria is your older sister. Sodom is your younger one. I will give them and their daughters to you as daughters. That can't happen based on my old covenant with you.