Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 16:60-62
The promise of Final Hope. The New Everlasting Covenant. Once again Ezekiel surprises us by introducing hope in the midst of gloom. He reminds us that God’s purpose behind all that is to come is the final restoration of His people. This is a trait of the book, the shining of a light in the midst of almost unrelieved gloom. Jerusalem must indeed fall, the Temple must indeed be destroyed, the people must indeed go though much turmoil and suffering, hope must almost seem gone, but in the end... read more
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 16:60-61
GOD’S COVENANT: ISRAEL’S WAYS‘I will remember … Thou shalt remember.’ Ezekiel 16:60-2 Peter : I. The key to the interpretation of the restoration held out in prospect for Sodom and Samaria and Jerusalem is the undeniably representative character of all three.—As this representative character of Judah-Jerusalem is clear in our prophet—that is to say, the Jewish people is represented in this, its characteristic remnant—so it is no less to be admitted in reference to Sodom and Samaria. The... read more