Ezekiel 16:6

After the manner of man God here speaks, alluding to some traveller or walker abroad, like Pharaoh's daughter, or the good Samaritan that lighted on this poor forlorn infant. Saw thee, in such manner as to pity and consider how to relieve. To Omniscience every thing is seen, but here compassion is included in this seeing, this was the only eye that pitied. Polluted in thine own blood; most exact emblem of man's sinful and miserable state, his filthiness and death arising from himself, as the death and filthiness of one wallowing in his own blood. I said unto thee; I purposed to save thy life, I declared my purpose, and wrought the effect; I took care of thee, that thou mightest not die. Yea, I said: this is repeated, both to set forth the freeness and abundance of God's love, and to work our heart to a suitable resentment thereof, and to intimate the stability and stedfastness of the purposes and effects of grace. Live; it sounds like a command, but it is such a command as sends forth a power accompanying it to effect what is commanded; he gave that life; he spake, and it was done.