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50 And they were proud, and they did a detestable thing before me,[a] and I removed them because[b] I saw it. 51 And Samaria did not sin according to even half of your sins,[c] and you caused your detestable things to increase more than they, and you made your sister righteous in comparison with all of your detestable things that you did.[d] 52 Also,[e] you bear your disgrace, by which you furnished justification to your sisters[f] through your sins by which you acted more abominably than they; they were more righteous than you, and also,[g] you be ashamed and bear your disgrace through your making your sister righteous.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:50 Literally “to the face of me”
  2. Ezekiel 16:50 Literally “as that”
  3. Ezekiel 16:51 Literally “about/as/like the half of sins your not did she sin”
  4. Ezekiel 16:51 According to the reading tradition (Qere); cf. BHS
  5. Ezekiel 16:52 Or “indeed”
  6. Ezekiel 16:52 Hebrew “sister”
  7. Ezekiel 16:52 Or “indeed”