9. “And you became mine. And I washed you with water” [Ezek 16:8–9]. After all these things I took you and I myself washed you unto salvation. “And I washed off your blood from you” [Ezek 16:9]. In our understanding of these things, let us pray that the mercy of God come upon us and that he might wash away the blood from our souls; for if we have done anything deserving death, that is our blood. “I washed your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil” [Ezek 16:9]. God wants to