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Ezekiel 16:48 Cross-References
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“As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.”
Ezekiel 16:48 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ezekiel 16:48
As I live, saith the Lord GOD—the Hebrew oath formula chai-ani (חַי־אָנִי) invokes God's own existence as guarantee of truth. This solemn oath introduces one of Scripture's most shocking statements: Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.This declaration would devastate Jerusalem's self-understanding. Sodom epitomized depravity worthy of fiery destruction (Genesis 19; Jude 7). For God to solemnly swear that Jerusalem exceeded Sodom's wickedness dismantles any claim to covenant immunity. The reference to 'daughters' (surrounding villages...
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Cross-References for Ezekiel 16:48
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“it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.”
“Capernaum”
“of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.”
“it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.”
“as you depart from there”