Ezekiel 16:63
that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame; when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
62And I will establish My covenant with thee, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD;
Cross References
Ezra 9:6and I said: 'O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to Thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens.
Psalms 39:9(39-10) I am dumb, I open not my mouth; because Thou hast done it.
Psalms 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of Thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for Thy name's sake.
Isaiah 33:24And the inhabitant shall not say: 'I am sick'; the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
Lamentations 3:39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?
Ezekiel 36:31Then shall ye remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:61-63
Mercy in Reserve; Promise of Mercy. ( b. c. 593.) 60 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. 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. 62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord : 63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and… Read the whole commentary →