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46 And your elder sister, she is Samaria, and her daughters, who are dwelling on your north, and your younger sister is the one dwelling on your south; she is Sodom and her daughters. 47 And you have not only gone in their ways, but[a] you also did according to their detestable things. In such a short time[b] you behaved more corruptly than they in all of your ways. 48 As surely as I live,’[c] declares[d] the Lord Yahweh, ‘surely your sister Sodom and her daughters did not do as[e] you and your daughters did.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:47 Or “and”
  2. Ezekiel 16:47 Literally “as few little and”
  3. Ezekiel 16:48 Literally “live I”
  4. Ezekiel 16:48 Literally “declaration of”
  5. Ezekiel 16:48 Hebrew “as that”

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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