Ezekiel 16:61
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.
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 16 connects to 10 cross-references. The extended allegory of the unfaithful wife: Jerusalem is like an abandoned infant rescued, raised to beauty, and betrothed by God, who then prostituted herself to every nation worse than Samaria or Sodom. Yet God will remember the covenant made …
Other Translations
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.
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.
Then at the memory of your ways you will be overcome with shame, when I take your sisters, the older and the younger, and give them to you for daughters, but not by your agreement.
Cross References
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day …
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, …
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established …
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge …
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; …
Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, …