Ezekiel 16:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷ I made you increase like sprouting grain^[a] in the field. As a result, you multiplied greatly. Eventually, you reached the age when young women start wearing jewelry. Your breasts were formed, your hair had grown, but you were still bare and naked.”’”

God’s Betrothal to Jerusalem

⁸ “When I passed by you again, I looked at you, and noticed that it was your proper time for love. I spread my cloak^[b] over you to cover your nakedness. I made a solemn promise to you and entered into a covenant with you,” declares the Lord God. “You belong to me. ⁹ I bathed you with water, rinsed your own blood from you, and anointed you with oil.