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Ezekiel 16:50 Cross-References
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“And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.”
Ezekiel 16:50 (KJV)
Commentary on Ezekiel 16:50
And they were haughty (גָּבְהוּ, gavehu)—this word means exalted in pride, arrogant. Pride was Sodom's foundational sin (confirmed in v. 49). And committed abomination before me (תּוֹעֵבָה, to'evah)—this term denotes covenant-breaking detestable practices, used of both sexual immorality (Leviticus 18:22) and idolatry (Deuteronomy 7:25). Genesis 19 details Sodom's attempted gang rape, but this verse contextualizes it within broader patterns of pride and social injustice (v. 49).Therefore I took them away as I saw good (וָאָסִיר אֶתְהֶן כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי)—God's judgment on Sodom was both decisi...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ezekiel 16:50
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“But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.”
“Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;”
“and said to him”
“Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,,And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;,וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה זַעֲקַת סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה כִּי־רָבָּה וְחַטָּאתָם כִּי כָבְדָה מְאֹד׃ ,And the LORD said: Verily”
“and didn't repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning”
“says Yahweh”
“That was overthrown as in a moment”
“God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.”
“and the cities around them”
“the glory of kingdoms”