Ezekiel 16:54

Ezekiel 16:54 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
• New International Version (NIV)so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in giving them comfort.
• English Standard Version (ESV)that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all that you have done, becoming a consolation to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that you may bear your own shame and be disgraced by all that you did when you comforted them.

Context of Ezekiel 16:54

52So now you must accept that you are guilty. You have done such wicked things that your sisters think that they are good people. You have done much worse things than they ever did. I must punish you even more than I punished them. So you should be ashamed and you should accept your punishment. You have made your sisters seem to be righteous. 53But one day I will cause Sodom and her daughters to enjoy life again. I will also cause Samaria and her daughters to enjoy life again. And I will also do that for you, Jerusalem. You will be sorry and ashamed that you did such wicked things. Your sisters will be happy that their punishment was less than yours. 55Sodom and her daughters will become as happy as they were before. Samaria and her daughters will become as happy as they were before. And you and your daughters will also become as happy as you were before. 56In the days when you were proud of yourselves, you did not respect your sister Sodom.

Ezekiel 16:54 word by word

לְמַ֙עַן֙ תִּשְׂאִ֣י כְלִמָּתֵ֔ךְ וְנִכְלַ֕מְתְּ מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֑ית בְּנַחֲמֵ֖ךְ אֹתָֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That thou mayest bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• thine own shameכְּלִמָּהkelimmâh · shameH3639
• and mayest be confoundedכָּלַםkâlam · be humiliatedH3637
• in all that thou hast doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• in that thou art a comfortנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162

Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:54

• Ezekiel 16:52So now you must accept that you are guilty. You have done such wicked things that your sisters think that they are good people. You have done much worse things than they ever did. I must punish you even more than I punished them. So you should be ashamed and you should accept your punishment. You have made your sisters seem to be righteous.
• Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember the evil way that you lived. You will remember the bad things that you did. You will be ashamed of yourselves because of the sins and the disgusting things that you did.
• Jeremiah 2:26A robber is ashamed when people catch him. The people of Israel will become ashamed like that. They will all be ashamed of their sins. Their kings, their officers, their priests and their prophets are all guilty.
• Ezekiel 14:22But some people will still be alive. Some sons and daughters will come out from the city. They will come to you here in Babylon. You will see the way that those people have lived. You will see the things that they have done. Then you will not be upset that I have punished Jerusalem in all these ways.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:54

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 54Thou art a comfort unto them - The degradation of Judah would be a kind of consolation to others. Compare Isaiah 14.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 53-54God's grace, more than his judgment, would make Jerusalem ashamed of her ties to such "parents" and "sisters" (Ezekiel 16:44–52).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5454. bear thine own shame--by being put on a level with those whom thou hast so much despised. thou art a comfort unto them--since they see thee as miserable as themselves. It is a kind of melancholy "comfort" to those chastised to see others as sorely punished as themselves (Eze 14:22, 23).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 16:54

• Lasciviousness
• Sodom

In the dictionaries

• Confound
• Eminent
• Equal
• Fornication
• Gird
• Justify
• Rest
• Sodom
• Solomon, Song of
• Crime; Crimes

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