The Meaning of Ezekiel 16:60 Explained

Ezekiel 16:60

KJV: Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

YLT: And I -- I have remembered My covenant with thee, In the days of thy youth, And I have established for thee a covenant age-during.

Darby: Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

ASV: Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Nevertheless I will remember  my covenant  with thee in the days  of thy youth,  and I will establish  unto thee an everlasting  covenant. 

What does Ezekiel 16:60 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 16

1  Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem
6  God's extraordinary love toward her,
15  Her grievous judgment
35  Her sin, equal to her mother,
46  and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria,
59  calls for judgments
60  Mercy is promised her in the end

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 16:60 mean?

And nevertheless will remember I - My covenant with you in the days of your youth and I will establish with you covenant an everlasting
וְזָכַרְתִּ֨י אֲנִ֧י אֶת־ בְּרִיתִ֛י אוֹתָ֖ךְ בִּימֵ֣י נְעוּרָ֑יִךְ וַהֲקִמוֹתִ֥י לָ֖ךְ בְּרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם

וְזָכַרְתִּ֨י  And  nevertheless  will  remember 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: זָכַר 
Sense: to remember, recall, call to mind.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
בְּרִיתִ֛י  My  covenant 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בְּרִית  
Sense: covenant, alliance, pledge.
אוֹתָ֖ךְ  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
בִּימֵ֣י  in  the  days 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
נְעוּרָ֑יִךְ  of  your  youth 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: נְעוּרִים 
Sense: youth, early life.
וַהֲקִמוֹתִ֥י  and  I  will  establish 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
לָ֖ךְ  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
בְּרִ֥ית  covenant 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בְּרִית  
Sense: covenant, alliance, pledge.
עוֹלָֽם  an  everlasting 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.