Ezekiel 16:7

increase; I have made you as the springing grass of the field. So you did increase and grow, and did enter into great cities: your breasts were set, and your hair grew, whereas you were naked and bare.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

In Context

6And I passed by to you, and saw you polluted in your blood; and I said to you, Let there be life out of your blood:

8And I passed by you and saw you, and, behold, it was your time and a time of resting; and I spread my wings over you, and covered your shame, and swear to you: and I entered into covenant with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:7And the children of Israel increased and multiplied, and became numerous and grew exceedingly strong, and the land multiplied them.

Exodus 12:37And the children Israel + 12:37 Gr. having departed. departed from Ramesses to Socchoth, to the full number of six hundred thousand footmen, even men, besides the baggage.

Deuteronomy 1:11The Lord God of your fathers + 1:11 Or, increase you. add to you a thousand-fold more than you are, and bless you as he has spoken to you.

Deuteronomy 32:10He maintained him in the wilderness, in burning thirst and a dry land: he led him about and instructed him, and kept him as the apple of an eye.

Nehemiah 9:18And still farther they even made to themselves a molten calf, and said, These are the gods that brought us up out of Egypt: and they wrought great provocations.

Psalms 135:4To him who alone has wrought great wonders: for his mercy endures for ever. 1

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:7-15

God's Kindness to Israel. ( b. c. 593.) 6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. 7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. 8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was… Read the whole commentary →

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