Ezekiel 16:45

16:45 You are the daughter of your mother, who detested her husband and her sons, and you are the sister of your sisters who detested their husbands and their sons. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

Ezekiel 16:49

16:49 “‘See here – this was the iniquity ¹  of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help ²  the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 22:11

22:11 One ³  commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates ⁴  his sister – his father’s daughter ⁵  – within you.

Ezekiel 23:4

23:4 Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah ⁶  the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. ⁷  Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 23:32

23:32 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: “You will drink your sister’s deep and wide cup; ⁸  you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal.

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¹ tn Or “guilt.”

² tn Heb “strengthen the hand of.”

³ tn Heb “a man.”

⁴ tn The verb is the same one used in verse 10b and suggests forcible sexual violation of the woman.

⁵ sn Sexual relations with one’s half-sister may be primarily in view here. See Lev 18:9; 20:17.

⁶ tn The names Oholah and Oholibah are both derived from the word meaning “tent.” The meaning of Oholah is “her tent,” while Oholibah means “my tent is in her.”

⁷ sn In this allegory the Lord is depicted as being the husband of two wives. The OT law prohibited a man from marrying sisters (Lev 18:18), but the practice is attested in the OT (cf. Jacob). The metaphor is utilized here for illustrative purposes and does not mean that the Lord condoned such a practice or bigamy in general.

⁸ sn The image of a deep and wide cup suggests the degree of punishment; it will be extensive and leave the victim helpless.