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Ezekiel 16:46

Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.

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

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַאֲחוֹתֵ֨ךְva.'a.cho.Tekhand sister yourH269 →
הַגְּדוֹלָ֤הha.ge.do.Lah<the> oldH1419 →
שֹֽׁמְרוֹן֙sho.me.rOn[was] SamariaH8111 →
הִ֣יאhi'sheH1931 →
וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָu.ve.no.Tei.haand daughters herH1323 →
הַיּוֹשֶׁ֖בֶתhai.yo.She.vetwho dweltH3427 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
שְׂמֹאולֵ֑ךְse.mo.Lekhnorth yourH8040 →
וַאֲחוֹתֵ֞ךְva.'a.cho.Tekhand sister yourH269 →
הַקְּטַנָּ֣הha.ke.ta.Nah<the> youngH6996 →
מִמֵּ֗ךְmi.Mekhmore than youH4480 →
הַיּוֹשֶׁ֙בֶת֙hai.yo.She.vetwho dweltH3427 →
מִֽימִינֵ֔ךְmi.mi.Nekhfrom south yourH3225 →
סְדֹ֖םse.Dom[was] SodomH5467 →
וּבְנוֹתֶֽיהָ׃u.ve.no.Tei.haand daughters herH1323 →

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Ezekiel 23:4The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!Jeremiah 3:7I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.Ezekiel 16:48–49As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.Jeremiah 3:8–11She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.Genesis 13:10–13And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)Ezekiel 16:53–56But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.Ezekiel 16:61Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.Ezekiel 16:51Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.Isaiah 1:9–10Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.Ezekiel 16:27Therefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.Genesis 18:20–33Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,Deuteronomy 32:32But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.Genesis 14:8Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of SiddimRevelation 11:8Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.Jude 1:7In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.Genesis 19:29So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.Ezekiel 26:6and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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