Bible Strands
Ezekiel 16:63
so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD addresses the covenant partner in Ezekiel 16 immediately after promising to establish a covenant and reveal His identity. This declaration follows a direct guarantee of relational restoration.
The words — תִזְכְּרִי (tiz.ker.i) means "you will remember" and בֹּשֶׁת (bo.shet) means "shame" or "disgrace," anchoring the response to divine action.
The thread — The motif of a silenced mouth before God appears in Psalms 39:9, Romans 3:19, and Job 40:4. These passages link speechlessness to recognition of divine authority or human limitation.
Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment of past failure when grace is extended, not defensive justification. It requires the reader to accept restoration while remaining silent before the source of disgrace.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
Cross-references
- Psalms 39:9 I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
- Romans 3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
- Job 40:4 “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
- Ezekiel 36:31 Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
- Daniel 9:7 To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
- Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- Ezra 9:6 and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
- Ezekiel 16:61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.
- Romans 2:1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
- Romans 3:27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.