New English Translation
Ezekiel 16:50
50They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them.
Ezekiel 16:50 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
- New International Version (NIV)They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit.
Context of Ezekiel 16:50
48As 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. 49“‘See here – this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them. 51Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done. 52So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior. 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.
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וַֽתִּגְבְּהֶ֔ינָה וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה תוֹעֵבָ֖ה לְפָנָ֑י וָאָסִ֥יר אֶתְהֶ֖ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִֽיתִי׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 16:50
- Genesis 13:13(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the Lord.)
- Genesis 18:20So the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant
- Genesis 19:5They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
- Leviticus 18:22You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act.
- Deuteronomy 23:17There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel.
- 2 Kings 23:7He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah.
- Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- Romans 1:26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,
- Jude 1:7So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
- Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 29:23The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.
- Job 18:15Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.
- Isaiah 13:19Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride, will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.
- Jeremiah 20:16May that man be like the cities that the Lord destroyed without showing any mercy. May he hear a cry of distress in the morning and a battle cry at noon.
- Jeremiah 49:18Edom will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns that were around them. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it,” says the Lord.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 16:50
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 50As I saw good - Or, “as soon as I saw it.” Omit “good.” God saw and punished. Compare Genesis 18:21.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. 5050. haughty--puffed up with prosperity. abomination before me--"sinners before the Lord" (Ge 13:13); said of those whose sin is so heinous as to cry out to God for immediate judgments; presumptuous sins, daring God to the face (Ge 18:20; 19:5). I took them away--(Ge 19:24). as I saw good--rather, "according to what I saw"; referring to Ge 18:21, where God says, "I will go down, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it which is…Read the comment
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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
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