Verse 49
Ezekiel 16:49
Bible in Basic English
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Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הִנֵּה זֶ֣ה הָיָ֔ה עֲוֺ֖ן סְדֹ֣ם אֲחוֹתֵ֑/ךְ גָּא֨וֹן שִׂבְעַת לֶ֜חֶם וְ/שַׁלְוַ֣ת הַשְׁקֵ֗ט הָ֤יָה לָ/הּ֙ וְ/לִ/בְנוֹתֶ֔י/הָ וְ/יַד עָנִ֥י וְ/אֶבְי֖וֹן לֹ֥א הֶחֱזִֽיקָה
English Translation
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, abundance of food, and prosperous ease were hers and her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
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Chapter 16 Context
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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, make clear to Jerusalem her disgusting ways,
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And say, This is what the Lord has said to Jerusalem: Your start and your birth was from the land of...
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As for your birth, on the day of your birth your cord was not cut and you were not washed in water t...
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No eye had pity on you to do any of these things to you or to be kind to you; but you were put out i...
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And when I went past you and saw you stretched out in your blood, I said to you, Though you are stre...
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And be increased in number like the buds of the field; and you were increased and became great, and...
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Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my sk...
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Then I had you washed with water, washing away all your blood and rubbing you with oil.
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And I had you clothed with needlework, and put leather shoes on your feet, folding fair linen about...
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And I made you fair with ornaments and put jewels on your hands and a chain on your neck.
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And I put a ring in your nose and ear-rings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.
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So you were made beautiful with gold and silver; and your clothing was of the best linen and silk an...
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You were so beautiful that the story of you went out into all nations; you were completely beautiful...
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But you put your faith in the fact that you were beautiful, acting like a loose woman because you we...
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And you took your robes and made high places for yourself ornamented with every colour, acting like...
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And you took the fair jewels, my silver and gold which I had given to you, and made for yourself mal...
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And you took your robes of needlework for their clothing, and put my oil and my perfume before them.
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And my bread which I gave you, the best meal and oil and honey which I gave you for your food, you p...
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And you took your sons and your daughters whom I had by you, offering even these to them to be their...
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That you put my children to death and gave them up to go through the fire to them?
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And in all your disgusting and false behaviour you had no memory of your early days, when you were u...
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And it came about, after all your evil-doing, says the Lord,
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That you made for yourself an arched room in every open place.
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You put up your high places at the top of every street, and made the grace of your form a disgusting...
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And you went with the Egyptians, your neighbours, great of flesh; increasing your loose ways, moving...
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Now, then, my hand is stretched out against you, cutting down your fixed amount, and I have given yo...
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And you went with the Assyrians, because of your desire which was without measure; you were acting l...
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And you went on in your loose ways, even as far as the land of Chaldaea, and still you had not enoug...
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How feeble is your heart, says the Lord, seeing that you do all these things, the work of a loose an...
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For you have made your arched room at the top of every street, and your high place in every open pla...
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The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!
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They give payment to all loose women: but you give rewards to your lovers, offering them payment so...
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And in your loose behaviour you are different from other women, for no one goes after you to make lo...
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For this cause, O loose woman, give ear to the voice of the Lord:
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This is what the Lord has said: Because your unclean behaviour was let loose and your body uncovered...
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For this cause I will get together all your lovers with whom you have taken your pleasure, and all t...
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And you will be judged by me as women are judged who have been untrue to their husbands and have tak...
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I will give you into their hands, and your arched room will be overturned and your high places broke...
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And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with thei...
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And they will have you burned with fire, sending punishments on you before the eyes of great numbers...
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And the heat of my wrath against you will have an end, and my bitter feeling will be turned away fro...
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Because you have not kept in mind the days when you were young, but have been troubling me with all...
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See, in every common saying about you it will be said, As the mother is, so is her daughter.
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You are the daughter of your mother whose soul is turned in disgust from her husband and her childre...
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Your older sister is Samaria, living at your left hand, she and her daughters: and your younger sist...
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Still you have not gone in their ways or done the disgusting things which they have done; but, as if...
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By my life, says the Lord, Sodom your sister never did, she or her daughters, what you and your daug...
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Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wea...
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They were full of pride and did what was disgusting to me: and so I took them away as you have seen.
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And Samaria has not done half your sins; but you have made the number of your disgusting acts greate...
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And you yourself will be put to shame, in that you have given the decision for your sisters; through...
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And I will let their fate be changed, the fate of Sodom and her daughters, and the fate of Samaria a...
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So that you will be shamed and made low because of all you have done, when I have mercy on you.
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And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, will go back to their first condition, and Samaria and he...
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Was not your sister Sodom an oath in your mouth in the day of your pride,
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Before your shame was uncovered? Now you have become like her a word of shame to the daughters of Ed...
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The reward of your evil designs and your disgusting ways has come on you, says the Lord.
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For this is what the Lord has said: I will do to you as you have done, you who, putting the oath on...
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But still I will keep in mind the agreement made with you in the days when you were young, and I wil...
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Then at the memory of your ways you will be overcome with shame, when I take your sisters, the older...
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And I will make my agreement with you; and you will be certain that I am the Lord:
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So that, at the memory of these things, you may be at a loss, never opening your mouth because of yo...
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Verse Information
- Book
- Ezekiel
- Chapter
- Chapter 16 (63 verses)
- Version
- Bible in Basic English