Ezekiel 16:8

The child, now an adult virgin, taken to Himself in marriage by Jehovah: the redemption of the people from Egypt, and covenant with them at Sinai to be their God

8. Now when I passed Better in continuance of the historical narrative, and I passed by.

the time of love The outcast child was now a marriageable woman.

spread my skirt Cf. Ruth 3:9 a figure for marriage.

a covenant with thee The marriage relation is a covenant, Proverbs 2:17; Malachi 2:14. On the "oath," cf. Ezekiel 16:59.

thou becamest mine She became his wife, Ruth 4:13; Hosea 3:3.