Ezekiel 16:47

16:47 Have you not copied their behavior ¹  and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time ²  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. ³  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. ⁴  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.

Ezekiel 23:11

23:11 “Her sister Oholibah watched this, ⁵  but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister.

[16:47]  ¹ tn Heb “walked in their ways.”

[16:47]  ² tn The Hebrew expression has a temporal meaning as illustrated by the use of the phrase in 2 Chr 12:7.

[16:51]  ³ tn Or “you have multiplied your abominable deeds beyond them.”

[16:52]  ⁴ tn Heb “because you have interceded for your sisters with your sins.”

[23:11]  ⁵ tn The word “this” is not in the original text.