King James Version
Ezekiel 16:54 in the King James Version says “That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort u...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.”
Ezekiel 16:54 · KJV
Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
When I shall bring again their captivity , the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:
That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, mentioned: Heb. for a report, or, hearing pride: Heb. prides, or, excellencies
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properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“That thou mayest bear”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“and mayest be confounded”
H3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“in all that thou hast done”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“in that thou art a comfort”
H5162properly, to sigh, i.e., breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e., (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavo
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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