Ezekiel 16:44–52

⁴⁴“Behold, everyone who quotes ^aproverbs will quote this proverb concerning you, saying, ‘¹Like mother, like daughter.’

⁴⁵“You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and children. You are also the ^asister of your sisters, who ^bloathed their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

⁴⁶“Now your ^aolder sister is Samaria, who lives ¹north of you with her ²daughters; and your younger sister, who lives ³south of you, is ^bSodom with her daughters.

⁴⁷“Yet you have not merely walked in their ways or done according to their abominations; but, as if that were ^atoo little, you acted ^bmore corruptly in all your conduct than they.

⁴⁸“As I live,” declares the Lord God, “Sodom, your sister and her daughters have ^anot done as you and your daughters have done.

⁴⁹“Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had ^aarrogance, ^babundant food and ^ccareless ease, but she did not ¹help the ^dpoor and needy.

⁵⁰“Thus they were haughty and committed ^aabominations before Me. Therefore I ^bremoved them ¹when I saw it.

⁵¹“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 ^arighteous by all your abominations which you have committed.

⁵²“Also bear your disgrace in that you have ¹made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted ^amore abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear righteous.