Jeremiah 2:33
2:33 “My, how good you have become
at chasing after your lovers! 1
Why, you could even teach prostitutes a thing or two! 2
Ezekiel 16:47
16:47 Have you not copied their behavior
3 and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time
4 you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were!
Ezekiel 16:51-52
16:51 Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did.
5 You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done.
16:52 So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior.
6 Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous.
1 tn Heb “How good you have made your ways to seek love.”
2 tn Heb “so that even the wicked women you teach your ways.”
3 tn Heb “walked in their ways.”
4 tn The Hebrew expression has a temporal meaning as illustrated by the use of the phrase in 2 Chr 12:7.
5 tn Or “you have multiplied your abominable deeds beyond them.”
6 tn Heb “because you have interceded for your sisters with your sins.”