...owned, sexually and materially, by Yahweh. And I passed by you and I looked on you and behold, your time was the time of love. And I spread my skirt over you and I covered your nakedness. And I swore to you and I entered into a covenant with you and you...

...Himself. Both Ezekiel 16:8 and Jeremiah 31:32 refer to this. In Ezekiel 16:8 God said to His people, "Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold,...thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine." The covenant here is the old covenant based on the law of God. Ezekiel 16:8 indicates that the time...

...upon thés, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spiead my skirt over thee, and covered'thy nakedness : yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into...thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine. 9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed...

...Boaz, covered by the skirt of his protection. rescued the baby girl from death. Verse 8 says, "Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold,...saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine." This orphaned bride had heart-wrenching needs. Her Bridegroom met them all and committed Himself forever...

...into my mind: 'When I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thy blood, I said unto thee, Live.. .and I spread My skirt over thee, and covered thy...sware unto thee and entered into a covenant with thee and thou becamest Mine.' There was what I felt and it was beautiful — that He had covered me with...

...passionately described God's blessings upon Moses' nation born in the land of the Nile. Ezek. 16:8-13, KJV Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold,...thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest Mine. Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee...

...symbolic meaning is well illustrated in Ezekiel 16:8, "Now when I [God] passed by thee [Jerusalem] , and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee," and in Deuteronomy 23:1, "A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt." Ruth's...

...ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold,...spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness. (4-8) Israel was ruthlessly deserted by its parents at birth, soaking in blood helplessly without even...

...He loves them and desires to be married to them. One example of this is found in Ezekiel 16:8: Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold,...thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. God's use of sexual passion as an example of His desire for His creation is the meaning of the entire...

...spoken covenant. Ezekiel pictures God as marrying Jerusalem, and the following words are used of her: "I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with...thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine" (Ezekiel 16:8). After the exile, the betrothal included signing a written document of marriage. The...