45 Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that hath cast off her husband and her children, and thou art the sister of thy [a]sisters, which forsook their husbands and their children: your mother is an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, and her [b]daughters, that dwell at thy left hand, and [c]thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom, and her daughters.

47 Yet hast thou [d]not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but as it had been a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:45 That is, of Samaria and Sodom.
  2. Ezekiel 16:46 That is, her cities.
  3. Ezekiel 16:46 Hebrew, thy sister younger than thou.
  4. Ezekiel 16:47 But done far worse.

45 You are a true daughter of your mother, who despised(A) her husband(B) and her children; and you are a true sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.(C) 46 Your older sister(D) 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.(E) 47 You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.(F)

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