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47 Have you not copied their behavior[a] and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time[b] you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were! 48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never behaved as wickedly as you and your daughters have behaved.

49 “‘See here—this was the iniquity[c] of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help[d] the poor and needy.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:47 tn Heb “walked in their ways.”
  2. Ezekiel 16:47 tn The Hebrew expression has a temporal meaning as illustrated by the use of the phrase in 2 Chr 12:7.
  3. Ezekiel 16:49 tn Or “guilt.”
  4. Ezekiel 16:49 tn Heb “strengthen the hand of.”