Eze 16:8, 59-60, Mal 2:14-16 | ESV | STEP | When I passed by you again and saw you, behold , you were at the age for love , and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness ; I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God , and you became mine.

k[See ver. 10 above]

r[See ver. 10 above]

s Matt. 5:32; Mark 10:9, 11; Luke 16:18; 1 Cor. 7:10

v[See ver. 10 above]

Ezekiel 16:8

8 “When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and ^aI spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you ^band entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, ^cand you became mine.

Ezekiel 16:59-60

The Lord’s Everlasting Covenant

59 “For thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you as you have done, you ^dwho have despised the oath in breaking the covenant, 60 yet ^eI will remember my covenant with you ^fin the days of your youth, ^gand I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.

Malachi 2:14-16

14 ^hBut you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord ⁱwas witness between you and the wife of your youth, ^jto whom ^kyou have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 ^lDid he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? ^{▼▼Hebrew in it} And what was the one God ^{▼▼Hebrew the one} seeking? ^{▼▼Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?} ^pGodly offspring. So guard yourselves ^{▼▼Or So take care; also verse 16} in your spirit, and let none of you be ^rfaithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For ^sthe man who does not love his wife but divorces her, ^{▼▼Hebrew who hates and divorces} says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers ^{▼▼Probable meaning (compare Septuagint and Deuteronomy 24:1–4); or “The Lord, the God of Israel, says that he hates divorce, and him who covers} his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and ^vdo not be faithless.”