Ezekiel 16:47-51

16:47 Have you not copied their behavior 1  and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time 2  you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were! 16:48 As 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.

16:49 “‘See here – this was the iniquity 3  of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help 4  the poor and needy. 16:50 They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them. 16:51 Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. 5  You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done.

1 tn Heb “walked in their ways.”

2 tn The Hebrew expression has a temporal meaning as illustrated by the use of the phrase in 2 Chr 12:7.

3 tn Or “guilt.”

4 tn Heb “strengthen the hand of.”

5 tn Or “you have multiplied your abominable deeds beyond them.”