Ezekiel 16:49

Ezekiel 16:49 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Context of Ezekiel 16:49

47Didn’t you walk in their ways and do their detestable practices? It was only a short time before all your ways were more corrupt than theirs. 48“‘As I live — the declaration of the Lord God — your sister Sodom and her daughters have not behaved as you and your daughters have. Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had pride, plenty of food, and comfortable security, but didn’t support the poor and needy. 50They were haughty and did detestable acts before me, so I removed them when I saw this. 51But Samaria did not commit even half your sins. You have multiplied your detestable practices beyond theirs and made your sisters appear righteous by all the detestable acts you have committed.

Ezekiel 16:49 word by word

הִנֵּה־זֶ֣ה הָיָ֔ה עֲוֹ֖ן סְדֹ֣ם אֲחוֹתֵ֑ךְ גָּא֨וֹן שִׂבְעַת־לֶ֜חֶם וְשַׁלְוַ֣ת הַשְׁקֵ֗ט הָ֤יָה לָהּ֙ וְלִבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְיַד־עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֖וֹן לֹ֥א הֶחֱזִֽיקָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, this was the iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: guiltH5771
• of thy sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• Sodomסְדֹםsedôm · SodomH5467
• prideגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• fulnessשִׂבְעָהώib‛âh · fullnessH7653
• of breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
• and abundanceשַׁלְוָהshalvâh · easeH7962
• of idlenessשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252
• was in her and in her daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• neither did she strengthenחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• the handיָדyâd · hand: toH3027
• of the poorעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• and needyאֶבְיוֹן'ebyôn · needyH34

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:49

• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.” Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
• Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the middle of his Nile, who says, “My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.”
• Genesis 19:9“Get out of the way!” they said, adding, “This one came here as an alien, but he’s acting like a judge! Now we’ll do more harm to you than to them.” They put pressure on Lot and came up to break down the door.
• Psalms 138:6Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the humble; but he knows the haughty from a distance.
• Proverbs 16:5Everyone with a proud heart is detestable to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.
• Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
• Proverbs 21:4The lamp that guides the wicked — haughty eyes and an arrogant heart — is sin.
• Isaiah 3:9The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom, they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster on themselves.
• Isaiah 16:6We have heard of Moab’s pride — how very proud he is — his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance, and his empty boasting.
• Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built to be a royal residence by my vast power and for my majestic glory?”
• Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of the heavens. The vessels from his house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in his hand and who controls the whole course of your life.
• Obadiah 1:3Your arrogant heart has deceived you, you who live in clefts of the rock in your home on the heights, who say to yourself, “Who can bring me down to the ground?”
• 1 Peter 5:5In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
• Genesis 13:10Lot looked out and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
• Genesis 18:20Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.
• Deuteronomy 32:15Then Jeshurun became fat and rebelled — you became fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:49

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 49This was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom - If we are to take this place literally, Sodom was guilty of other crimes besides that for which she appears to have been especially punished; in addition to her unnatural crime, She is charged with pride, luxury, idleness, and uncharitableness; and these were sufficient to sink any city to the bottomless pit.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 46-50Samaria, Jerusalem’s older (or larger) sister, engaged in improper worship since Jeroboam introduced golden calves at the national shrines in Dan and Bethel (1 Kings 12:28–33). Sodom, Jerusalem’s younger (or smaller) sister, became known for sexual sin (Genesis 19:4–9) and for pride, gluttony, laziness, and neglect of the poor and needy.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4949. pride--inherited by Moab, her offspring (Is 16:6; Jr 48:26), and by Ammon (Jr 49:4). God, the heart-searcher, here specifies as Sodom's sin, not merely her notorious lusts, but the secret spring of them, "pride" flowing from "fullness of bread," caused by the fertility of the soil (Ge 13:10), and producing "idleness." abundance of idleness--literally, "the secure carelessness of ease" or idleness. neither did she strengthen ... the poor--Pride is…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:49

• Idleness
• Lasciviousness
• Poor
• Sin
• Sodom

In the dictionaries

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• Abound; Abundance; Abundant; Abundantly

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings