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You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Even Samaria did not commit half your sins. You have done far more detestable things than your sisters ever did. They seem righteous compared to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Samaria has not committed half your sins. You have committed more abominations than they, and have made your sisters appear righteous by all the abominations that you have committed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Samaria did not commit half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all the abominations which you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. So you have made your sisters appear innocent by all your abominations which you have committed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. Thus you have made your sisters appear righteous by all your abominations which you have committed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. Thus you have made your sisters appear righteous by all your abominations which you have committed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. Thus you have made your sisters appear righteous by all your abominations which you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, but you have greatly increased your repulsive acts more than they. So you have made your [wicked] sisters [Samaria and Sodom] appear righteous <i>and</i> justified by [comparison to] all the disgusting things which you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Samaria did not commit even half your sins. You have multiplied your detestable practices beyond theirs and made your sisters appear righteous by all the detestable acts you have committed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Samaria did not commit even half your sins. You have multiplied your detestable practices beyond theirs and made your sisters appear righteous by all the detestable things you have committed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You people of Jerusalem have sinned twice as much as the people of Samaria. In fact, your evil ways have made both Sodom and Samaria look innocent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'Samaria didn't commit half the sins you did. You have done many more disgusting things than they ever did. Because of all the disgusting things that you have done, you make your sisters look innocent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Samaria did not sin half as much as you have. You have acted more disgustingly than she ever did. Your corruption makes your sisters look innocent by comparison. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Samaria didn't commit half of your sins—you practiced more detestable deeds than they did! You've caused your sister to be more righteous than you, because of the detestable practices that you've committed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all your abominations which you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thy abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thy abominations which thou hast done.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Samaria hasn’t committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all your abominations which you have done. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Samaria has not sinned even half of your sins, "" But you multiply your abominations more than they, "" And justify your sisters by all your abominations that you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> As to Samaria, as the half of thy sins -- she hath not sinned, And thou dost multiply thine abominations more than they, And dost justify thy sisters by all thy abominations that thou hast done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Shomeron sinned not according to half thy sins: and thou wilt multiply thine abominations above them, and thou wilt justify thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou didst.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Samaria committed not half thy sins: but thou hast surpassed them with thy crimes, and hast justified thy sisters by all thy abominations which thou hast done. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But Samaria has not committed even half of your sins. For you have exceeded them in your wickedness, and you have justified your sisters by all your abominations, which you have wrought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more abominable things than they did. You even made your sisters look righteous, with all the abominations you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Samaria has not committed half your sins; you have committed more abominations than they, and have made your sisters appear righteous by all the abominations that you have committed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they and have outdone your sisters in all your abominations which you have committed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Samaria has not sinned according to half of your sins! You have multiplied your abominations beyond them and you have overtaken your sisters in all your abominations that you have done<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Neither hath Samaria committed even half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Also Samaria has not sinned according to half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine iniquities beyond them, and thou hast justified thy sisters in all thine iniquities which thou hast committed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=4028" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Judgment on Jerusalem</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">50</span>Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen. <span class="reftext">51</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8111.htm" title="8111: wə·šō·mə·rō·wn (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- Capital of N. kingdom of Isr. From the active participle of shamar; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine.">Furthermore, Samaria</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: ḥā·ṭā·’āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">commit</a> <a href="/hebrew/2677.htm" title="2677: ka·ḥă·ṣî (Prep-k, Art:: N-msc) -- Half. From chatsah; the half or middle.">half</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯa·yiḵ (N-fpc:: 2fs) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">the sins you did.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: wat·tar·bî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">You have multiplied</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯa·yiḵ (N-fpc:: 2fs) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">your abominations</a> <a href="/hebrew/mê·hên·nāh (Prep:: 3fp) -- ">beyond theirs,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯa·yiḵ (N-fpc:: 2fs) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">the abominations</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ʿå̄·śī·ṯ (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">you have committed</a> <a href="/hebrew/269.htm" title="269: ʾă·ḥō·ṯēḵ (N-fpc:: 2fs) -- Sister. Irregular feminine of 'ach; a sister (like 'Ezrachiy), literally and figuratively).">have made your sisters</a> <a href="/hebrew/6663.htm" title="6663: wat·tə·ṣad·də·qî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To be just or righteous. A primitive root; to be right.">appear righteous.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> </span><span class="reftext">52</span>So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-11.htm">Jeremiah 3:11</a></span><br />And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23-24</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. / But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12-14</a></span><br />I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. / Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. / But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Hosea 4:15</a></span><br />Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Isaiah 1:10</a></span><br />Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm">Lamentations 4:6</a></span><br />The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2</a></span><br />“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-3.htm">Romans 2:3-5</a></span><br />So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? / Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? / But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">2 Peter 2:6</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a></span><br />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 fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Jeremiah 23:14</a></span><br />And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-41.htm">Matthew 12:41-42</a></span><br />The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here. / The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-31.htm">Luke 11:31-32</a></span><br />The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here. / The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Isaiah 3:9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Ezekiel 23:11</a></span><br />Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters in all your abominations which you have done.</p><p class="hdg">Samaria</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/12-47.htm">Luke 12:47,48</a></b></br> And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not <i>himself</i>, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many <i>stripes</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/3-9.htm">Romans 3:9-20</a></b></br> What then? are we better <i>than they</i>? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; … </p><p class="hdg">justified</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Jeremiah 3:8-11</a></b></br> And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/12-41.htm">Matthew 12:41,42</a></b></br> The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas <i>is</i> here… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-50.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-23.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Appear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-43.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-50.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-50.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-50.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-26.htm">Furthermore</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-15.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Half</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-11.htm">Justified</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Justify</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-8.htm">Making</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-29.htm">Multiplied</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-29.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-21.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-45.htm">Sisters</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-11.htm">Theirs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Upright</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-58.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-9.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-24.htm">Appear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-7.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-52.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-58.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-58.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-40.htm">Furthermore</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-14.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-42.htm">Half</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-52.htm">Justified</a> <a href="/micah/6-11.htm">Justify</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-26.htm">Making</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-2.htm">Multiplied</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-15.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-52.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-53.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-53.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-24.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-52.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-52.htm">Sisters</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-53.htm">Theirs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-5.htm">Upright</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-1.htm">Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">God's extraordinary love toward her,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Her grievous judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-35.htm">Her sin, equal to her mother, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">59. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-59.htm">calls for judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">60. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Mercy is promised her in the end</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, is used as a point of comparison. Historically, Samaria was known for its idolatry and rebellion against God, which led to its downfall and conquest by the Assyrians in 722 BC. The phrase highlights the severity of Jerusalem's sins, suggesting that they have surpassed even those of Samaria. This comparison underscores the gravity of Jerusalem's unfaithfulness, as Samaria was already infamous for its transgressions. Theologically, this serves as a warning about the consequences of spiritual adultery and idolatry.<p><b>You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs,</b><br>Jerusalem's sins are described as "abominations," a term often used in the Old Testament to denote actions that are detestable to God, particularly idolatry and moral corruption. The multiplication of these abominations indicates a progressive and deliberate increase in sinful behavior. This reflects a deep-seated rebellion against God's covenant, as Jerusalem not only engaged in idolatry but also adopted the detestable practices of surrounding nations. The historical context includes the influence of Canaanite and other pagan religions, which led to practices such as child sacrifice and temple prostitution. This phrase emphasizes the extent of Jerusalem's spiritual decline.<p><b>and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.</b><br>The "sisters" refer to Samaria and Sodom, as mentioned earlier in the chapter. In biblical typology, Sodom is often associated with extreme wickedness and divine judgment, as seen in <a href="/genesis/19.htm">Genesis 19</a>. By stating that Jerusalem's actions have made these cities appear righteous, God is highlighting the shocking nature of Jerusalem's sins. This hyperbolic comparison serves to shame Jerusalem, as even the notoriously sinful cities seem virtuous in contrast. Theologically, this illustrates the concept of relative righteousness and the danger of complacency in one's spiritual state. It also foreshadows the impending judgment that Jerusalem will face due to its unrepentant heart.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the exiles in Babylon. He conveyed God's messages of judgment and restoration.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The primary subject of God's rebuke in this chapter, representing the people of Judah who have turned away from God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/samaria.htm">Samaria</a></b><br>The capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, often used to represent the ten tribes that were taken into Assyrian captivity due to their idolatry and sin.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sodom.htm">Sodom</a></b><br>An ancient city known for its wickedness, used here as a comparison to highlight the severity of Jerusalem's sins.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/abominations.htm">Abominations</a></b><br>Refers to the idolatrous practices and moral corruption that the people of Jerusalem engaged in, which were detestable to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/recognition_of_sin.htm">Recognition of Sin</a></b><br>Acknowledge the depth and seriousness of sin in our lives, understanding that it separates us from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/comparative_righteousness.htm">Comparative Righteousness</a></b><br>Avoid the trap of comparing our sins to others to justify ourselves. True righteousness is measured by God's standards, not by the sins of others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Embrace the opportunity for repentance and transformation. God's rebuke is an invitation to return to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>Understand that God's judgments are just, but His desire is for restoration and mercy for those who turn back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_history.htm">Learning from History</a></b><br>Reflect on the consequences of past sins, both personal and communal, to avoid repeating them.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_non-biblical_sources_support_ezekiel_23.htm">Do any ancient sources outside the Bible corroborate the nations' interventions described in Ezekiel 23, or is the account solely a theological narrative?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_ezek._16_46-48_and_history_align.htm">How does Ezekiel 16:46-48 align with historical records that do not portray Sodom or Samaria as more righteous than Jerusalem?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_samaria_and_jerusalem_immoral.htm">Why does Ezekiel 23:4 personify Samaria and Jerusalem as immoral sisters, and is there historical or archeological evidence to support these specific accusations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_oholah_and_oholibah.htm">Who were Oholah and Oholibah in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(51) <span class= "bld">Hast justified thy sisters.</span>--The same expression is repeated in the following verse. In both it is evidently used in a comparative sense. By the greatness of Judah's sins even Sodom and Samaria were made to appear innocent in comparison.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 51, 52.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast justified,</span> etc. The word has a touch of sarcasm. Sodom and Samaria might claim a verdict of acquittal ("justify," in its technical sense) as compared with Judah. They had not presented, as she had done, a confluence of all the worst idolatries. The words find something like an echo in our Lord's teaching <a href="/matthew/10-15.htm">Matthew 10:15</a>; <a href="/matthew/11-24.htm">Matthew 11:24</a>. And, as is common m such cases," she had judged," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> had passed sentence of condemnation on those who were more righteous than herself. The Revised Version changes both meaning and punctuation: <span class="accented">Bear thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters</span>; <span class="accented">through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous than thou</span>; but the Authorized Version seems preferable. It may be questioned whether the word for <span class="cmt_word">judged</span> is ever used of an acquittal. The point of the sentence is that Judah condemned those who were less guilty than herself (comp. <a href="/romans/2-17.htm">Romans 2:17-23</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But Samaria</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šō·mə·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8111.htm">Strong's 8111: </a> </span><span class="str2">Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">commit</span><br /><span class="heb">חָטָ֑אָה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ṭā·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">half</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּחֲצִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ka·ḥă·ṣî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2677.htm">Strong's 2677: </a> </span><span class="str2">The half, middle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sins you did.</span><br /><span class="heb">חַטֹּאתַ֖יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You have multiplied</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּרְבִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tar·bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become much, many or great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your abominations</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹעֲבוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">beyond theirs,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵהֵ֔נָּה</span> <span class="translit">(mê·hên·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2007.htm">Strong's 2007: </a> </span><span class="str2">Themselves</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the abominations</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹעֲבוֹתַ֖יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have committed</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשִֽׂית׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have made your sisters</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחוֹתַ֔יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḥō·w·ṯa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_269.htm">Strong's 269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sister -- a sister</span><br /><br /><span class="word">appear righteous.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתְּצַדְּקִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tə·ṣad·də·qî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6663.htm">Strong's 6663: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be just or righteous</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Ezekiel 16:51 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Ezekiel 16:51 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Ezekiel 16:51 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Ezekiel 16:51 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Ezekiel 16:51 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Ezekiel 16:51 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Ezekiel 16:51 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Ezekiel 16:51 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Ezekiel 16:51 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Ezekiel 16:51 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/16-51.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:51 Neither has Samaria committed half of your (Ezek. 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