Ezekiel 16:50

And they boasted, and wrought iniquities before me: so I cut them off as I saw fit.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

In Context

49Moreover this was the sin of thy sister Sodom, pride: she and her daughters lived in pleasure, in fullness of bread and in abundance: this belonged to her and her daughters, and they helped not the hand of the poor and needy.

51Also Samaria has not sinned according to half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine iniquities beyond them, and thou hast justified thy sisters in all thine iniquities which thou hast committed.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:20And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has been increased toward me, and their sins are very great.

Genesis 19:24And the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

Deuteronomy 23:17He shall dwell with thee, he shall dwell among you where he shall please; thou shalt not afflict him.

2 Kings 23:7And he pulled down the house of the sodomites that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove tents for the grove.

Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, 1 And folly before a fall. 1

Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, which is called glorious by the king of the Chaldeans, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:45-60

The Wickedness of Jerusalem; Punishment of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 593.) 44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. 45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy… Read the whole commentary →

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