Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. New Living Translation Sodom’s sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door. English Standard Version Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. Berean Standard Bible Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. King James Bible Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. New King James Version Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. New American Standard Bible Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, plenty of food, and carefree ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. NASB 1995 “Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. NASB 1977 “Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food, and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. Legacy Standard Bible Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had lofty pride, abundant food, and quiet ease, but she did not strengthen the hand of the afflicted and needy. Amplified Bible Behold, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters (outlying cities) had arrogance, abundant food, and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. Christian Standard Bible Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had pride, plenty of food, and comfortable security, but didn’t support the poor and needy. Holman Christian Standard Bible Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, plenty of food, and comfortable security, but didn’t support the poor and needy. American Standard Version Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. Aramaic Bible in Plain English This is the evil of Sadom your proud sister: “She was full of bread and dwelt in quietness, she and her daughters, and they did not grasp the hands of the afflicted and of the poor Brenton Septuagint Translation Moreover this was the sin of thy sister Sodom, pride: she and her daughters lived in pleasure, in fullness of bread and in abundance: this belonged to her and her daughters, and they helped not the hand of the poor and needy. Contemporary English Version They were arrogant and spoiled; they had everything they needed and still refused to help the poor and needy. Douay-Rheims Bible Behold this was the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance, and the idleness of her, and of her daughters: and they did not put forth their hand to the needy, and to the poor. English Revised Version Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. GOD'S WORD® Translation This is what your sister Sodom has done wrong. She and her daughters were proud that they had plenty of food and had peace and security. They didn't help the poor and the needy. Good News Translation She and her daughters were proud because they had plenty to eat and lived in peace and quiet, but they did not take care of the poor and the underprivileged. International Standard Version Look! This was the sin of your sister Sodom and her daughters: Pride, too much food, undisturbed peace, and failure to help the poor and needy. JPS Tanakh 1917 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. Literal Standard Version Behold, this has been the iniquity of your sister Sodom, | Arrogancy, fullness of bread, and quiet ease, | Have been to her and to her daughters, | And the hand of the afflicted and needy | She has not strengthened. Majority Standard Bible Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. New American Bible Now look at the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters were proud, sated with food, complacent in prosperity. They did not give any help to the poor and needy. NET Bible "'See here--this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy. New Revised Standard Version This was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. New Heart English Bible "'Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. Webster's Bible Translation Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. World English Bible “‘“Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters. She also didn’t strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. Young's Literal Translation Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgment on Jerusalem…48As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done. 49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. 50Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.… Cross References Luke 12:16 Then He told them a parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. Luke 16:19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. James 5:5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter. Revelation 11:8 Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city--figuratively called Sodom and Egypt--where their Lord was also crucified. Genesis 13:10 And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) Genesis 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD. Genesis 18:20 Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous, Treasury of Scripture Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. pride Ezekiel 28:2,9,17 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: … Ezekiel 29:3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. Genesis 19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. fulness Genesis 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Genesis 18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. neither Ezekiel 18:12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, Proverbs 21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. Isaiah 3:14,15 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses… Jump to Previous Abundance Abundant Afflicted Aid Arrogance Arrogancy Bread Careless Comforts Daughters Ease Food Full Fullness Fulness Guilt Hand Help Idleness Iniquity Measure Needy Peace Poor Pride Prosperous Quiet Sin Sister Sodom Strengthen Strengthened Surfeit WealthJump to Next Abundance Abundant Afflicted Aid Arrogance Arrogancy Bread Careless Comforts Daughters Ease Food Full Fullness Fulness Guilt Hand Help Idleness Iniquity Measure Needy Peace Poor Pride Prosperous Quiet Sin Sister Sodom Strengthen Strengthened Surfeit WealthEzekiel 16 1. Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem6. God's extraordinary love toward her, 15. Her grievous judgment 35. Her sin, equal to her mother, 46. and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, 59. calls for judgments 60. Mercy is promised her in the end (49) Pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness.--The description strikes at the causes rather than the overt acts of sin, and the unnatural crimes which are always associated in our minds with the name of Sodom are not mentioned. It is noticeable, however, that the distinct sin which is mentioned in this passage is the negative one too common in all ages, "neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."Verses 49, 50. - It is noticeable that what we commonly speak of as the specific sin of the cities of the plain is not mentioned here. The prophet fixes on the point which made Sodom a luxurious and sensual city, the graver evil being just hinted at in the word abominations, and as the outcome of the evil tendencies. So in like manner the special sin of Samaria, the worship of the calves, is not named, but taken for granted. (For fulness of bread, see Proverbs 30:9: Hosea 13:6; Deuteronomy 8:12.) Prosperity and luxury in her case, as in that of other wealthy cities, hardened the hearts of men against the poor and needy. There was probably a sufficient reason for the omission which has been pointed out. It was wiser to dwell on the sins which were common to the two cities rather than on the vice which, though it existed in Jerusalem (2 Kings 23:7), was probably not prevalent there. As I saw good; better, according to what I saw. The word "good" is not in the Hebrew, and the words apparently refer to Genesis 18:21. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Nowהִנֵּה־ (hin·nêh-) Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! this זֶ֣ה (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that was הָיָ֔ה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be the iniquity עֲוֺ֖ן (‘ă·wōn) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity of your sister אֲחוֹתֵ֑ךְ (’ă·ḥō·w·ṯêḵ) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister Sodom: סְדֹ֣ם (sə·ḏōm) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5467: Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea She and her daughters וְלִבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ (wə·liḇ·nō·w·ṯe·hā) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 1323: A daughter were הָ֤יָה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be arrogant, גָּא֨וֹן (gā·’ō·wn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1347: Arrogance, majesty, ornament overfed, שִׂבְעַת־ (śiḇ·‘aṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 7653: Fullness and complacent; הַשְׁקֵ֗ט (haš·qêṭ) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's 8252: To be quiet or undisturbed they did not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no help הֶחֱזִֽיקָה׃ (he·ḥĕ·zî·qāh) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer the poor עָנִ֥י (‘ā·nî) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble and needy. וְאֶבְי֖וֹן (wə·’eḇ·yō·wn) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor Links Ezekiel 16:49 NIVEzekiel 16:49 NLT Ezekiel 16:49 ESV Ezekiel 16:49 NASB Ezekiel 16:49 KJV Ezekiel 16:49 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 16:49 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 16:49 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 16:49 French Bible Ezekiel 16:49 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:49 Behold this was the iniquity of your (Ezek. 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