ESV Reformation Study Bible – Ezek 16:49
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Ezek 16:49

16:49 Sodom. Readers of the Bible often think of the sins of Sodom as mainly sexual (Gen. 19:5–9), but Ezekiel indicts the city for materialism and neglect of the poor and needy. Jesus made a similar comparison with Capernaum in Matt. 11:23, 24. The sins of Jerusalem exceeded those of her sisters, the nearby cities.