Ezekiel 16:61
New International Version
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both those who are older than you and those who are younger. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on the basis of my covenant with you.

New Living Translation
Then you will remember with shame all the evil you have done. I will make your sisters, Samaria and Sodom, to be your daughters, even though they are not part of our covenant.

English Standard Version
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you take your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and I give them to you as daughters, but not on account of the covenant with you.

Berean Standard Bible
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.

King James Bible
Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

New King James Version
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed, when you receive your older and your younger sisters; for I will give them to you for daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.

New American Standard Bible
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both your older and your younger; and I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

NASB 1995
“Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both your older and your younger; and I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

NASB 1977
“Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both your older and your younger; and I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then you will remember your ways and feel dishonor when you receive your sisters, both your older and your younger; and I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

Amplified Bible
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both your older and your younger; I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant [with Me].

Christian Standard Bible
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

American Standard Version
Then shalt thou remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder sisters and thy younger; and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

Contemporary English Version
When you think about how you acted, you will be ashamed, especially when I return your sisters to you as daughters, even though this was not part of our agreement.

English Revised Version
Then shalt thou remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder sisters and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then you will remember what you have done. You will be ashamed when I return your older and younger sisters to you. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of my promise with you.

Good News Translation
You will remember how you have acted, and be ashamed of it when you get your older sister and your younger sister back. I will let them be like daughters to you, even though this was not part of my covenant with you.

International Standard Version
Then you'll remember your behavior and be ashamed when you greet your sisters—your elder sister and your younger sister. I'll give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you.

Majority Standard Bible
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.

NET Bible
Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you.

New Heart English Bible
Then you shall remember your ways, and be ashamed, when you receive your older and your younger sisters; and I will give them to you as daughters, but not by your covenant.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thy elder and thy younger: and I will give them to thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

World English Bible
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, your elder sisters and your younger; and I will give them to you for daughters, but not by your covenant.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And you have remembered your ways, "" And you have been ashamed, "" In your receiving your sisters—Your older with your younger, "" And I have given them to you for daughters, "" And not by your covenant.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast remembered thy ways, And thou hast been ashamed, In thy receiving thy sisters -- Thine elder with thy younger, And I have given them to thee for daughters, And not by thy covenant.

Smith's Literal Translation
And thou didst remember thy ways, and thou wert ashamed in thy receiving thy sisters great above thee, to the younger than thee: and I gave them to thee for daughters, and not from thy covenant.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed: when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thy elder and thy younger: and I will give them to thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And you shall remember your ways and be confounded, when you will have received your sisters, your elder with your younger. And I will give them to you as daughters, but not by your covenant.

New American Bible
Then you shall remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, those older and younger than you; I give them to you as daughters, but not by reason of your covenant.

New Revised Standard Version
Then you will remember your ways, and be ashamed when I take your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Then you shall remember your evil ways and be ashamed, when I take your sisters, the elder and the younger, and give them to you for daughters, but not because of your covenant.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you shall remember your ways and you shall be ashamed that I took your sisters, the elder and the younger, and I gave them to you as daughters, not from your covenant
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Then shalt thou remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder sisters and thy younger; and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not because of thy covenant.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Then thou shalt remember thy way, and shalt be utterly dishonoured when thou receivest thine elder sisters with thy younger ones: and I will give them to thee for building up, but not by thy covenant.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Covenant Remembered
60But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. 61Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you. 62So I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD,…

Cross References
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. / “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. ...

Isaiah 54:4-8
Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. / For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth. / For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God. ...

Hosea 2:19-20
So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. / And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”

Jeremiah 3:14
“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.

Isaiah 62:4-5
No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. / For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Romans 11:26-27
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. / And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

Hebrews 8:8-12
But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord. / For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. ...

Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

Jeremiah 32:38-40
They will be My people, and I will be their God. / I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them. / I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

Zechariah 13:9
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”

2 Corinthians 11:2
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Revelation 19:7-9
Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. / She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints. / Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Romans 9:25-26
As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” / and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

Ephesians 5:25-27
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her / to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, / and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.


Treasury of Scripture

Then you shall remember your ways, and be ashamed, when you shall receive your sisters, your elder and your younger: and I will give them to you for daughters, but not by your covenant.

remember

Ezekiel 16:63
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 20:43
And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

Ezekiel 36:31,32
Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations…

when

Ezekiel 16:53-55
When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: …

Song of Solomon 8:8,9
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? …

Isaiah 2:2-5
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it…

I will

Isaiah 49:18-23
Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth

Isaiah 54:1,2
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD…

Isaiah 60:4
Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

but not

Jeremiah 31:31
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Hebrews 8:13
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

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Ezekiel 16
1. Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem
6. God's extraordinary love toward her,
15. Her grievous judgment
35. Her sin, equal to her mother,
46. and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria,
59. calls for judgments
60. Mercy is promised her in the end














Then you will remember your ways
This phrase calls the reader to a moment of introspection and reflection. The Hebrew root for "remember" is "זָכַר" (zakar), which implies not just recalling past events but also considering them deeply and learning from them. In the context of Ezekiel, this remembrance is not merely nostalgic but is intended to lead to repentance and transformation. Historically, Israel's journey was marked by cycles of faithfulness and rebellion. This call to remember is a divine invitation to acknowledge past failures and recognize the need for God's grace and mercy.

and be ashamed
The feeling of shame here is not meant to be destructive but redemptive. The Hebrew word "בּוֹשׁ" (bosh) conveys a sense of humiliation that leads to humility. In a conservative Christian perspective, this shame is a necessary step towards repentance. It is a recognition of one's sinfulness and a turning away from it. The historical context of Israel's idolatry and unfaithfulness to God serves as a backdrop, highlighting the gravity of their actions and the need for genuine contrition.

when you receive your sisters
This phrase is intriguing as it speaks to the restoration and reconciliation that God promises. The "sisters" refer to the surrounding nations or peoples who were once estranged or hostile. The Hebrew context suggests a familial bond being restored, which is a powerful image of God's redemptive plan. In the broader biblical narrative, this points to the inclusion of the Gentiles into the covenant community, a theme that resonates with the New Testament message of unity in Christ.

both those older and younger than you
The mention of "older and younger" sisters emphasizes the comprehensive nature of God's restoration. It signifies that God's grace extends beyond chronological or hierarchical boundaries. Historically, this could refer to nations that were established before or after Israel, symbolizing that God's covenant is not limited by time or status. This inclusivity is a foretaste of the New Covenant, where all are equal before God, regardless of their past.

and I will give them to you as daughters
This promise of giving the sisters as "daughters" signifies a change in relationship from hostility to kinship. The Hebrew concept of "daughters" here implies care, protection, and responsibility. It reflects God's transformative power to turn adversaries into family. In a conservative Christian view, this is a prophetic picture of the church, where former enemies are reconciled and united in Christ, highlighting the power of the gospel to break down barriers.

but not because of your covenant
This final phrase underscores the grace of God. The restoration and reconciliation are not due to Israel's faithfulness but because of God's unmerited favor. The Hebrew word for "covenant" is "בְּרִית" (berit), which is central to the biblical narrative. Here, it serves as a reminder that human efforts are insufficient for salvation. In the conservative Christian tradition, this points to the New Covenant established through Jesus Christ, where salvation is a gift of grace, not a result of human works. This highlights the sovereignty and mercy of God, who fulfills His promises despite human failure.

(61) Give them unto thee for daughters.--The humiliation of Jerusalem must be so complete that she will gladly receive these once-despised enemies to the closest family relationship. We are not here to think of Sodom specifically, but (the concrete passing into the general) of that which Sodom represented, the heathen world at large. This shall be received with Jerusalem to the church of God; "but not by thy covenant." The covenant with Israel, however it may have been preceded by a "preaching of the Gospel" to Abraham (Galatians 3:8), was distinctly a covenant of works, under which neither Jew nor Gentile could attain salvation (see Rom. and Gal. throughout). Not, therefore, by this should the nations of the earth be given to Jerusalem as representing the Church.

Verse 61. - Then thou shalt remember thy ways, etc. The pardon which God gives is not, as men sometimes dream, a water of Lethe, blotting out the memory of the evil past. Ezekiel represents that memory as quickened to a new intensity in the very hour of restoration. The shame which it brings with it is necessary as the safeguard of the new blessedness. Thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger. It is significant that, as in the Revised Version, both the adjectives are now in the plural. What was possible for Sodom and Samaria was possible also, as for the cities more immediately connected with them, so also for other nations of the heathen world. They to should be admitted into fellowship, not now as alters, but as daughters, acknowledging, i.e., her superiority. The limitation which follows, not by thy covenant, asserts, as it were, the restored prerogative of Judah, much as St. Paul asserts it in Romans 9-11. Those who are within the covenant of Israel, including, as it does, those who are the heirs of the faith of Abraham as well as his children according to the flesh, are in a closer relation to him than others who share in what have been called (the phrase, perhaps, taking its origin from these very words) the "uncovenanted mercies" of God.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then you will remember
וְזָכַ֣רְתְּ (wə·zā·ḵart)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

your ways
דְּרָכַיִךְ֮ (də·rā·ḵa·yiḵ)
Noun - common plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

and be ashamed
וְנִכְלַמְתְּ֒ (wə·niḵ·lamt)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 3637: To wound, to taunt, insult

when you receive
בְּקַחְתֵּ֗ךְ (bə·qaḥ·têḵ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

your older
הַגְּדֹל֣וֹת (hag·gə·ḏō·lō·wṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

and
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

younger
הַקְּטַנּ֖וֹת (haq·qə·ṭan·nō·wṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 6996: Small, young, unimportant

sisters.
אֲחוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ (’ă·ḥō·w·ṯa·yiḵ)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

I will give
וְנָתַתִּ֨י (wə·nā·ṯat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

them
אֶתְהֶ֥ן (’eṯ·hen)
Direct object marker | third person feminine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

to you
לָ֛ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

as daughters,
לְבָנ֖וֹת (lə·ḇā·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1323: A daughter

but not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

because of
מִמֵּ֔ךְ (mim·mêḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

My covenant with you.
מִבְּרִיתֵֽךְ׃ (mib·bə·rî·ṯêḵ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant


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