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46 Your elder sister was Samaria. She and her daughters lived in the north,[a] while your younger sister who lived in the south[b] with her daughters was Sodom. 47 It wasn’t just that you lived like they did and committed their detestable practices, but in just a little while your behavior led you to become more corrupt than they were!”

Sins of Sodom

48 “As I live,” declares the Lord God, “your sister Sodom and her daughters didn’t do what you and your daughters have done.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:46 Lit. lived on your left
  2. Ezekiel 16:46 Lit. lived on your right

46 Your older sister(A) was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom.(B) 47 You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.(C) 48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign(D) Lord, your sister Sodom(E) and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.(F)

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