Ezekiel 16:61

“Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, &c.] When covenant grace is manifested and applied, it brings persons to a sense of their sins, and to an ingenuous acknowledgment of them, with shame and blushing; they remember their evil ways in which they have walked, and blush at the thoughts of what they have been guilty of; and how they have sinned against a God of love, grace, and mercy; and what vile ungrateful creatures they have been: when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger; Samaria and Sodom, (<261646>Ezekiel 16:46); the ten tribes, or Benjamin and Simeon, whose part was in Judah, as Ben Melech; rather the Gentiles, even of all nations, ancient and…”

“thou shalt remember--It is God who first remembers her before she remembers Him and her own ways before Him (Eze 16:60; Eze 20:43; Eze 36:31). ashamed--the fruit of repentance (Co2 7:10-11). None please God unless those who displease themselves; a foretaste of the Gospel (Luk 18:9-14). I will give them unto thee for daughters-- (Isa 54:1; Isa 60:3-4; Gal 4:26, &c.). All the heathen nations, not merely Sodom and Samaria, are meant by "thy sisters, elder and younger." In Jerusalem first, individual believers were gathered into the elect Church. From Jerusalem the Gospel went forth to gather in individuals of the Gentiles; and Judah with Jerusalem shall also be the first nation which, as such,…”

“Then - When that new covenant shall take effect. Receive - Admit into church - communion, the Gentiles, now strangers, but then sisters. Thine elder - Those that are greater and mightier than thou; that by their power, wealth and honour are as much above thee as the elder children are above the younger. Thy younger - Thy lesser or meaner sister. For daughters - As daughters hearken to, and obey, so shall the Gentiles brought into the church, hearken to the word of God, which sounded out from Jerusalem. But not - Not by that old covenant which was violated; nor by external ceremonies, which were a great part of the first covenant, but by that covenant which writes the law in the heart, and…”

“remember: Eze 16:63, Eze 20:43, Eze 36:31, Eze 36:32; Job 42:5, Job 42:6; Psa 119:59; Jer 31:18-20, Jer 50:4, Jer 50:5 when: Eze 16:53-55; Sol 8:8, Sol 8:9; Isa 2:2-5, Isa 11:9, Isa 11:10; Hos 1:9-11; Rom 11:11; Rom 15:8, Rom 15:9, Rom 15:16; Gal 4:26, Gal 4:27; Eph 2:12-14, Eph 3:6 I will: Isa 49:18-23, Isa 54:1, Isa 54:2, Isa 60:4, Isa 66:7-12; Gal 4:26-31 but not: Jer 31:31-40; Joh 15:16; Heb 8:13 Ezekiel 16:62”