Ezekiel 16:9

“‘“Then I washed you with water. Yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

In Context

8“‘“Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my garment over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I pledged myself to you and entered into a covenant with you,” says the Lord GOD, “and you became mine.

10I clothed you also with embroidered work and put leather sandals on you. I dressed you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

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Cross References

Psalms 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.

Isaiah 4:4when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from within it, by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning.

Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.

1 Corinthians 6:11Some of you were such, but you were washed. You were sanctified. You were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

2 Corinthians 1:21Now he who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,

1 John 2:20You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.

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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