Ezekiel 16:48
in Ezekiel 16As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
KJV
As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
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This verse in Ezekiel 16
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Judah's guilt was not positively, but relatively, greater than Sodom's; because it was in the midst of such higher privileges, and such solemn warnings; a fortiori, the guilt of unbelievers in the midst of the highest of all lights, namely, the Gospel, is the greatest.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 48, 49) I live, says the Lord, that Sodom, your sister herself and her daughters did not do as you and your daughters have done. Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, abundance, and idleness of herself and her daughters; and they did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty and committed abominations before me, and I took them away as you saw.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
As I live, saith the Lord God,....
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חַי־ | chai- | [by] [the] life | H2416 → | 498 times |
| אָ֗נִי | ʾani | of me | H589 → | 874 times |
| נְאֻם֙ | neum | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| עָֽשְׂתָה֙ | ʾasetah | she did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| סְדֹ֣ם | sedom | Sodom | H5467 → | 39 times |
| אֲחוֹתֵ֔ךְ | ʾachotekh | sister your | H269 → | 114 times |
| הִ֖יא | hi' | she | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וּבְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ | uvenoteiha | and daughters her | H1323 → | 588 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשִׂ֔ית | ʾasit | you have done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אַ֖תְּ | ʾat | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וּבְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃ | uvenotayikh | and daughters your | H1323 → | 588 times |
חַי־[by] [the] life
chai-H2416 →498 times
אָ֗נִיof me
ʾaniH589 →874 times
נְאֻם֙[the] utterance of
neumH5002 →376 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
עָֽשְׂתָה֙she did
ʾasetahH6213 →2628 times
סְדֹ֣םSodom
sedomH5467 →39 times
אֲחוֹתֵ֔ךְsister your
ʾachotekhH269 →114 times
הִ֖יאshe
hi'H1931 →1879 times
וּבְנוֹתֶ֑יהָand daughters her
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
עָשִׂ֔יתyou have done
ʾasitH6213 →2628 times
אַ֖תְּyou
ʾatH859 →1094 times
וּבְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃and daughters your
uvenotayikhH1323 →588 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Mark 6:11If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”
it leads to
- Matthew 10:14–15
And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
- Acts 18:6
But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to…
- Matthew 10:14–15
Through
Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
it leads to
- Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
- 1 Kings 19:10
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am…
- 2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
- Matthew 5:12
Through
Luke 10:12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
it leads to
- Matthew 10:15
Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
- Matthew 10:15
Through
Matthew 10:15Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
it leads to
- John 15:22–24
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
- John 15:22–24
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).