Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
thy time of love—literally, "loves" (compare Song of Solomon 2:10-13). Thou wast of marriageable age, but none was willing to marry thee, naked as thou wast. I then regarded thee with a look of grace when the full time of thy deliverance was come (Genesis 15:13-14; Acts 7:6-7). It is not she that makes the advance to God, but God to her; she has nothing to entitle her to such notice, yet He regards her not with mere benevolence, but with love, such as one cherishes to the person of his wife (Song of Solomon 1:3-6; Jeremiah 31:3; Malachi 1:2).
spread my skirt over thee—the mode of espousals (Ruth 3:9). I betrothed thee (Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 10:15; Hosea 11:1). The cloak is often used as a bed coverlet in the East. God explains what He means, "I entered into . . . covenant with thee," that is, at Sinai. So Israel became "the wife of God's covenant" (Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 3:14; Hosea 2:19-20; Malachi 2:14).
thou . . . mine— (Exodus 19:5; Jeremiah 2:2).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 16:8:
Song of Solomon 3:11
Isaiah 54:6
Jeremiah 2:2
Ezekiel 15:8
Hosea 1:2
Hosea 1:9
Hosea 2:6-7
Joel 1:8
Malachi 2:16
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