Ezekiel 16:7-9

New International Reader's Version

⁷ I made you grow like a plant in a field. Soon you had grown up. You became a young adult. Your breasts had formed. Your hair had grown. But you were completely naked.

⁸ “ ‘ “Later, I was passing by again. I looked at you. I saw that you were old enough for love. So I married you and took good care of you. I covered your naked body. I made a firm promise to you. I entered into a covenant with you. And you became mine,” announces the Lord and King.

⁹ “ ‘ “I bathed you with water. I washed the blood off you. And I put lotions on you.