Ezekiel 16:47
in Ezekiel 16And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Yet hast thou not walked in their ways, nor done after their abominations; but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast more corrupt than they in all thy ways.
KJV
Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.
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This verse in Ezekiel 16
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse. 45 seqq.) Your mother Hethaea (also spelled Chethaea), and your father Amorrhaeus, and your older sister Samaria: she and her daughters who live on your left. But your younger sister, who lives on your right, is Sodom and her daughters. But you did not walk in their ways, nor did you commit crimes like theirs, but rather, you committed even more wicked things in all your ways. LXX: Your mother Chethaea, and your father Amorrhaeus, your older sister Samaria: she and her daughters who live on your left, and your younger sister, who lives on your right, is Sodom and her daughters: and even so, you did not walk in her ways, nor did you act according to her wickedness, but rather, you transgressed against them in all your ways. He had said above: your father is Amorrhæan, and your mother Chethæan; here with the order and number changed: Your mother is Chethæan, and your father is Amorrhæan. For when they have advanced in wickedness, they are divided into parts; and deserted unity, they make progress into a tumult and multitude, which is not able to ascend to the mountains with Jesus. But Jerusalem is the sister of Samaria, and Sodom, of which one is on the left, the other on the right, even according to the carnal understanding, if you look from the temple at Jerusalem towards the East, you will approve. Majorca is said to be Samaria, because it sinned first and was led into captivity by the Assyrians; and Minor and younger Sodom, which is related to a multitude of nations. Otherwise, at that time Sodom was not there, which we read about before in the Scriptures, with Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, it was destroyed by divine fire (Gen. 19). […]
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Not walked after their ways - For they, all things considered, were less sinners than thou. Nor done - Their doings were abominable, but thine have been worse.
Yet hast thou not walked after their ways,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
their abominations--Milcom and Chemosh, the "abominations of Ammon and Moab" (1Ki 11:5, 7). corrupted more than they--So it is expressly recorded of Manasseh (2Ki 21:9).
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The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹ֤א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| בְדַרְכֵיהֶן֙ | vedarkheihen | in ways their | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הָלַ֔כְתְּ | halakht | did you walk? | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וּבְתוֹעֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֖ן | uvetoavoteihen | and in abominations their | H8441 → | 117 times |
| עָשִׂ֑ית | asiti | did you do? | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כִּמְעַ֣ט | kimat | like a little | H4592 → | 101 times |
| קָ֔ט | kat | only | H6985 → | |
| וַתַּשְׁחִ֥תִי | vatashchiti | and you behaved corruptly | H7843 → | 146 times |
| מֵהֵ֖ן | mehen | more than them | ||
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דְּרָכָֽיִךְ׃ | derakhayikh | ways your | H1870 → | 707 times |
וְלֹ֤אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
בְדַרְכֵיהֶן֙in ways their
vedarkheihenH1870 →707 times
הָלַ֔כְתְּdid you walk?
halakhtH1980 →1546 times
וּבְתוֹעֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֖ןand in abominations their
uvetoavoteihenH8441 →117 times
עָשִׂ֑יתdid you do?
asitiH6213 →2628 times
כִּמְעַ֣טlike a little
kimatH4592 →101 times
קָ֔טonly
katH6985 →
וַתַּשְׁחִ֥תִיand you behaved corruptly
vatashchitiH7843 →146 times
מֵהֵ֖ןmore than them
mehen
בְּכָל־in all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
דְּרָכָֽיִךְ׃ways your
derakhayikhH1870 →707 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
Ezekiel 16:48As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.
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
1 Kings 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 17:16
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served…
- 2 Kings 10:18
Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
- Judges 18:7
So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive…
- 2 Kings 17:16
Through
2 Kings 21:9But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
it leads to
- Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
- Daniel 9:6
We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, and fathers, and to all the people of the land.
- Ezekiel 16:51–52
Furthermore, 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.
- Proverbs 29:12
Through
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.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 3:8–11
She 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.
- Jeremiah 3:8–11
Where this verse is studied
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.