Ezekiel 16:46

And thine elder sister, was Samaria, she and her daughters, dwelling on thy left hand,— And thy sister younger than thou dwelling on thy right hand was Sodom and her daughters.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

In Context

45The daughter of thy mother, thou art! One abhorring her own husband and her own children,— Yea the sister of thy sisters, thou art Who abhorred their own husbands and their own children, Your mother was a Hittite, And your father an Amorite.

47Yet not in their ways, didst thou walk, nor according to their abominations, didst thou do,— As though that were quite too little, thou didst corrupt thyself beyond them in all thy ways.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:8Thus then went forth the King of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela the same, is Zoar—and set themselves in array against them for battle, in the valley of the open fields:

Genesis 19:24And, Yahweh, rained, upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire,—from Yahweh, out of the heavens:

Deuteronomy 29:23brimstone and salt burning up all the land thereof, it shall not be sown neither shall it shoot forth neither shall there come up thereon any herbage,—like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrow in his anger and in his wrath:

Isaiah 1:9If, Yahweh of hosts, had not left us a very small remnant, Like Sodom, had we become, Gomorrah, had we resembled.

Jeremiah 3:8Though she saw that for all this, apostate Israel having committed adultery, I had sent her away, and had given a scroll of divorcement unto her, yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but, she also, went and committed unchastity.

Lamentations 4:6And the punishment of the daughter of my people hath grown greater than the punishment of Sodom,—which was overthrown as in a moment, when no hands had been laid violently upon her.

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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