THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
The blessings he foretells, expressed in the declaration, ‘I will restore my union with thee,’ can be ascribed to those who believe in Christ.
Ezekiel 16:62Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And I will establish my covenant with thee: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord,
וַהֲקִימוֹתִ֥י אֲנִ֛י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ וְיָדַ֖עַתְּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
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Theodoret of Cyrus
The message of the Gospel was initially proclaimed to the Jewish people and subsequently to all nations. Additionally, it is foretold that the mighty Elijah will proclaim it before the culmination of time. Thus says the Lord, I will accomplish all things with your well-being in consideration. Through this, you will recognize what you have done for Me and the blessings that I have bestowed upon you. Therefore, God continued:
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 24:7And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: because they shall return to me with their whole heart.
- Ezek 6:7And the slain shall fall in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
- Ezek 20:43And there you shall remember your ways, and all your wicked doings with which you have been defiled; and you shall be displeased with yourselves in your own sight, for all your wicked deeds which you committed.
- Ezek 20:44And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have done well by you for my own name's sake, and not according to your evil ways, nor according to your wicked deeds, O house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
- Ezek 39:22And the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward.
- Ezek 16:60And I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth: and I will establish with thee an everlasting covenant.
- Hos 2:18And in that day I will make a covenant with them, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air, and with the creeping things of the earth: and I will destroy the bow, and the sword, and war out of the land: and I will make them sleep secure.
- Hos 2:23And I will sow her unto me in the earth, and I will have mercy on her that was without mercy.