Ezekiel 16:50
in Ezekiel 16Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.
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ASV
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
KJV
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
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This verse in Ezekiel 16
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And they were haughty,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
haughty--puffed up with prosperity. abomination before me--"sinners before the Lord" (Ge 13:13); said of those whose sin is so heinous as to cry out to God for immediate judgments; presumptuous sins, daring God to the face (Ge 18:20;
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
As I saw good - Or, “as soon as I saw it.” Omit “good.” God saw and punished. Compare Gen 18:21.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽתִּגְבְּהֶ֔ינָה | vatigbeheinah | and they were haughty | H1361 → | 34 times |
| וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה | vataaseinah | and they did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| תוֹעֵבָ֖ה | toevah | abomination | H8441 → | 117 times |
| לְפָנָ֑י | lefanai | <to> before me | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וָאָסִ֥יר | vaasir | and I removed | H5493 → | 299 times |
| אֶתְהֶ֖ן | ʾethen | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just when | H834 → | 5497 times |
| רָאִֽיתִי׃ ס | raiti | I saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
וַֽתִּגְבְּהֶ֔ינָהand they were haughty
vatigbeheinahH1361 →34 times
וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ינָהand they did
vataaseinahH6213 →2628 times
תוֹעֵבָ֖הabomination
toevahH8441 →117 times
לְפָנָ֑י<to> before me
lefanaiH6440 →2123 times
וָאָסִ֥ירand I removed
vaasirH5493 →299 times
אֶתְהֶ֖ן<obj.> them
ʾethenH853 →10935 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust when
kaasherH834 →5497 times
רָאִֽיתִי׃ סI saw
raitiH7200 →1300 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
2 Peter 2:6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
it leads to
- Jude 1:7
In 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…
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- Luke 17:28–30
It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
- Jude 1:7
Through
Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
- 2 Peter 2:6
if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
- Deuteronomy 29:23
Through
Genesis 19:5They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
it leads to
- Isaiah 3:9
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 19:22
While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who…
- Romans 1:26–27
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
- Isaiah 3:9
Where this verse is studied
About Ezekiel

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
