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Ezekiel 16:50
50They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)She was proud and committed detestable sins, so I wiped her out, as you have seen.
Context of Ezekiel 16:50
48As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done. 49“ ‘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. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen. 51Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done. 52Bear your disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous than you. So then, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you have made 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 13:13Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.
- Genesis 18:20Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
- Genesis 19:5They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
- Leviticus 18:22“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.
- Deuteronomy 23:17No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.
- 2 Kings 23:7He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the temple of the Lord, the quarters where women did weaving for Asherah.
- Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 18:12Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
- Romans 1:26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.
- Jude 1:7In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
- Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens.
- Deuteronomy 29:23The whole land will be a burning waste of salt and sulfur—nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, which the Lord overthrew in fierce anger.
- Job 18:15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.
- Isaiah 13:19Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 20:16May that man be like the towns the Lord overthrew without pity. May he hear wailing in the morning, a battle cry at noon.
- Jeremiah 49:18As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown, along with their neighboring towns,” says the Lord, “so no one will live there; no people will dwell in it.
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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