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48 As surely as I live,’[a] declares[b] the Lord Yahweh, ‘surely your sister Sodom and her daughters did not do as[c] you and your daughters did. 49 Look! This was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: Pride, abundance of food, and prosperous ease[d] was to her and to her daughters, and she did not sustain the needy and the poor.[e] 50 And they were proud, and they did a detestable thing before me,[f] and I removed them because[g] I saw it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:48 Literally “live I”
  2. Ezekiel 16:48 Literally “declaration of”
  3. Ezekiel 16:48 Hebrew “as that”
  4. Ezekiel 16:49 Literally “and ease of granting relief”
  5. Ezekiel 16:49 Literally “And the hand of the needy and the poor not she did take hold of”
  6. Ezekiel 16:50 Literally “to the face of me”
  7. Ezekiel 16:50 Literally “as that”

48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign(A) Lord, your sister Sodom(B) and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.(C)

49 “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:(D) She and her daughters were arrogant,(E) overfed and unconcerned;(F) they did not help the poor and needy.(G) 50 They were haughty(H) and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.(I)

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