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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/16.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in giving them comfort.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then you will be truly ashamed of everything you have done, for your sins make them feel good in comparison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all that you have done, becoming a consolation to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />that you may bear your own shame and be disgraced by all that you did when you comforted them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />so that you will bear your disgrace and feel ashamed for all that you have done when you become a consolation to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />in order that you may bear your humiliation and feel ashamed for all that you have done when you become a consolation to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />in order that you may bear your humiliation, and feel ashamed for all that you have done when you become a consolation to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />in order that you may bear your dishonor and feel dishonor for all that you have done when you become a comfort to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />so that you [Judah] will bear your humiliation <i>and</i> disgrace, and be [thoroughly] ashamed for all [the wickedness] that you have done to console <i>and</i> comfort them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />so you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did when you comforted them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />so you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did when you comforted them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />that thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be ashamed because of all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then you will be ashamed of how you've acted, and Sodom and Samaria will be relieved that they weren't as sinful as you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />that thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be ashamed because of all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You will have to suffer disgrace and be ashamed of everything you have done, including comforting them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You will be ashamed of yourself, and your disgrace will show your sisters how well-off they are. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But you'll continue to bear your own reproach and be humiliated for everything that you've done. You'll be a comfort to them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in consoling them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />that you may bear your own shame, and may be ashamed because of all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />That thou mayest bear thy own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />that you may bear your own shame, and may be ashamed because of all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />So that you bear your shame, "" And have been ashamed of all that you have done, "" In your comforting them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> So that thou dost bear thy shame, And hast been ashamed of all that thou hast done, In thy comforting them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />So that thou shalt bear thy shame, and thou wert made ashamed of all which thou didst in thy comforting them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />That thou mayest bear thy shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, comforting them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />So may you bear your disgrace and be confounded over all that you have done, consoling them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus you must bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done to bring them comfort.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />in order that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all that you have done, becoming a consolation to them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />That you may bear shame and be confounded in all that you have done to provoke my anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />That you will bear shame, and you will be ashamed in all the things that you have done to anger me<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />that thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be ashamed because of all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />that thou mayest bear thy punishment, and be dishonoured for all that thou hast done in provoking me to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/16-54.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=4076" 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">53</span>But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them. <span class="reftext">54</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an (Conj) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that.">So</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: tiś·’î (V-Qal-Imperf-2fs) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">you will bear</a> <a href="/hebrew/3639.htm" title="3639: ḵə·lim·mā·ṯêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Insult, reproach, ignominy. From kalam; disgrace.">your disgrace</a> <a href="/hebrew/3637.htm" title="3637: wə·niḵ·lamt (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-2fs) -- To be humiliated. A primitive root; properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult.">and be ashamed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kōl (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of all</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: ‘ā·śîṯ (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">you did</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: bə·na·ḥă·mêḵ (Prep-b:: V-Piel-Inf:: 2fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">to comfort them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯān (Prep:: 3fp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> </span><span class="reftext">55</span>And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.…<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/3-3.htm">Jeremiah 3:3</a></span><br />Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5-7</a></span><br />For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’ / Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way. / She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-4.htm">Isaiah 54:4</a></span><br />Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8</a></span><br />Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Jeremiah 13:26-27</a></span><br />So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen. / Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-7.htm">Hosea 4:7</a></span><br />The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-3.htm">Isaiah 47:3</a></span><br />Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-19.htm">Jeremiah 31:19</a></span><br />After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">Hosea 5:15</a></span><br />Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-11.htm">Zephaniah 3:11</a></span><br />On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-21.htm">Romans 6:21</a></span><br />What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a></span><br />And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11-12</a></span><br />Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. / For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-10.htm">2 Corinthians 7:10</a></span><br />Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">Revelation 3:18</a></span><br />I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">That you may bear your own shame, and may be confounded in all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them.</p><p class="hdg">thou mayest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-52.htm">Ezekiel 16:52,63</a></b></br> Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm">Ezekiel 36:31,32</a></b></br> Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that <i>were</i> not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm">Jeremiah 2:26</a></b></br> As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,</p><p class="hdg">in that</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/14-22.htm">Ezekiel 14:22,23</a></b></br> Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, <i>both</i> sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, <i>even</i> concerning all that I have brought upon it… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-52.htm">Ashamed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-52.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-23.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/isaiah/12-1.htm">Comfortest</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-11.htm">Comforting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-52.htm">Confounded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-7.htm">Consolation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-52.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-18.htm">Feel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-40.htm">Humiliation</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-16.htm">Low</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-6.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-10.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-11.htm">Order</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-52.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-27.htm">Shamed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-61.htm">Ashamed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-58.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-31.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/psalms/67-4.htm">Comfortest</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-13.htm">Comforting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-61.htm">Confounded</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">Consolation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-16.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/daniel/11-21.htm">Feel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-63.htm">Humiliation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-6.htm">Low</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-63.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-14.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-26.htm">Order</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-57.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-16.htm">Shamed</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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The concept of bearing disgrace is tied to the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where disobedience leads to shame and punishment. This echoes the curses for disobedience outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. The disgrace is a result of Israel's idolatry and unfaithfulness, which is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature.<p><b>and be ashamed</b><br>Shame in the biblical context often involves a deep realization of wrongdoing and a turning point towards repentance. In Ezekiel, shame is not just an emotional response but a necessary step towards restoration. This aligns with the prophetic call to repentance found in other prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah. The shame here is both personal and communal, reflecting the collective guilt of the nation.<p><b>of all you did</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the comprehensive nature of Israel's sin. The actions that led to disgrace are numerous and varied, including idolatry, social injustice, and breaking the covenant with God. The historical context of Ezekiel's ministry during the Babylonian exile highlights these sins as reasons for the nation's downfall. The phrase calls to mind the detailed accounts of Israel's unfaithfulness found in earlier chapters of Ezekiel.<p><b>to comfort them</b><br>The "them" refers to the surrounding nations, particularly Sodom and Samaria, mentioned earlier in the chapter. Israel's actions were meant to provide comfort or justification to these nations, suggesting a failure to uphold their distinct identity as God's chosen people. This reflects a broader biblical theme where Israel was meant to be a light to the nations (<a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a>) but instead became like them. The irony is that Israel, instead of being a source of divine truth, became a source of false comfort through its own sinfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the author of the book. He is known for his vivid visions and symbolic actions, which convey God's messages to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The primary subject of <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Ezekiel 16</a>, Jerusalem is personified as an unfaithful wife. The city represents the people of Israel and their covenant relationship with God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sodom_and_samaria.htm">Sodom and Samaria</a></b><br>These cities are used as comparisons to Jerusalem's sinfulness. Sodom is infamous for its destruction due to wickedness, while Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom, fell due to idolatry and disobedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The overarching theme of <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/16.htm">Ezekiel 16</a> is God's judgment on Jerusalem for its unfaithfulness, depicted through the metaphor of an adulterous wife.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_shame.htm">Restoration and Shame</a></b><br>The verse speaks to the shame and disgrace that Jerusalem must bear, but it also hints at a future restoration where they will be comforted.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_sin_and_shame.htm">Understanding Sin and Shame</a></b><br>Recognize that sin leads to shame and disgrace, but it is also an opportunity for repentance and transformation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/comparative_reflection.htm">Comparative Reflection</a></b><br>Reflect on how comparing our actions to those of others can either lead to pride or humility. In this context, Jerusalem's sins were greater than those of Sodom and Samaria.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>Acknowledge that God's judgment is just, but His mercy offers hope for restoration. This balance is crucial in understanding God's character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Emphasize the importance of genuine repentance as a pathway to restoration and comfort from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_history.htm">Learning from History</a></b><br>Use the historical context of Jerusalem, Sodom, and Samaria to learn from past mistakes and avoid repeating them in our own lives.<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_micah_2_6-7_warnings_align_with_scripture.htm">Is there any evidence that the warnings against false prophets in Micah 2:6-7 align with or contradict other prophetic accounts in Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_jerusalem_rebuilt_after_prophecy.htm">Jeremiah 19:10-11 -- How do we reconcile the prophecy that Jerusalem would be destroyed beyond repair with its later rebuilding and continued existence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_infamous_names_persist_in_memory.htm">Job 18:16-17: How can the names of the wicked vanish from memory when some of history's most notorious figures remain famous?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_gain_wisdom_from_god.htm">What does the Bible say about suicide?</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>(54) <span class= "bld">Art a comfort unto them.</span>--Compare what was said of justifying them in <a href="/context/ezekiel/16-51.htm" title="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.">Ezekiel 16:51-52</a>. The greater sin of Judah became a comfort by throwing their own evil into the shade.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 54.</span> - Even in that restoration, however, there should be a further clement of humiliation. Judah should be a <span class="cmt_word">comfort</span> (see <a href="/ezekiel/14-22.htm">Ezekiel 14:22</a>) to those who should see her placed lower than themselves, content, at last, to lake the lowest place, humbling herself that she might be (ver. 61) afterwards exalted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/16-54.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">So</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַ֙עַן֙</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ma·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> </span><span class="str2">Purpose -- intent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will bear</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשְׂאִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(tiś·’î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your disgrace</span><br /><span class="heb">כְלִמָּתֵ֔ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·lim·mā·ṯêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3639.htm">Strong's 3639: </a> </span><span class="str2">Insult, reproach, ignominy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and be ashamed</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִכְלַ֕מְתְּ‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niḵ·lamt)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3637.htm">Strong's 3637: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wound, to taunt, insult</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of all</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכֹּ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(mik·kōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<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">you did</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשִׂ֑ית</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">to comfort them.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנַחֲמֵ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·na·ḥă·mêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/16-54.htm">Ezekiel 16:54 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/16-54.htm">Ezekiel 16:54 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/16-54.htm">Ezekiel 16:54 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/16-54.htm">Ezekiel 16:54 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/16-54.htm">Ezekiel 16:54 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/16-54.htm">Ezekiel 16:54 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/16-54.htm">Ezekiel 16:54 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/16-54.htm">Ezekiel 16:54 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/16-54.htm">Ezekiel 16:54 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/16-54.htm">Ezekiel 16:54 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/16-54.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:54 That you may bear your own shame (Ezek. 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