Ezekiel 16:47-51

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! 16:48 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never behaved as wickedly as you and your daughters have behaved.

16:49 “‘See here – this was the iniquity ³  of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help ⁴  the poor and needy. 16:50 They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them. 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.

[16:47]  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.

[16:49]  ³ tn Or “guilt.”

[16:49]  ⁴ tn Heb “strengthen the hand of.”

[16:51]  ⁵ tn Or “you have multiplied your abominable deeds beyond them.”