Ezekiel 16:6

Eze. 16:6. Doubtless it is something very remarkable and wonderful that God would here signify by this emphatical repetition; and the emphasis lies partly in these words, "when thou wast in thy blood," the circumstances that she was in when God showed mercy on her; and partly in these words, "I said unto thee, Live," showing the wonderfulness and excellency of the favor God showed her in these circumstances. The thing that God would have so much remarked, and to have such special notice taken of, is the absolute freeness and sovereignty of His grace in bestowing life upon her. He said to her, "Live," when she was polluted in her blood, while she was in her sin, and so not for her righteousness, or in anywise moved by her moral purity. God is not moved by this either in converting or justifying the sinner, for He both renews and justifies the ungodly. Titus 3:3-7; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 2:1-13, and Romans 4:5. This also signifies God's showing mercy to the sinner when he is helpless, for what is more helpless than an infant cast out in its blood? "I said unto thee, Live." This signifies that life in her was wholly the effect of God's power, and wholly the fruit of His mere good pleasure, which is further signified by Ezekiel 16:8, "Thy times was the time of love."

Eze. 16:49