Ezekiel 16:46

And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
elder	הַגְּדוֹלָ֤ה ha.ge.do.Lah	H1419	great (in any sense) · definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
sister	וַאֲחוֹתֵ֨ךְ va.'a.cho.Tekh	H269	a sister (used very widely (like brother) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
Samaria	שֹֽׁמְרוֹן֙ sho.me.rOn	H8111	Shomeron · proper noun, a place name
daughters	וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ u.ve.no.Tei.ha	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
dwell	הַיּוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת hai.yo.She.vet	H3427	properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, feminine singular absolute
hand	שְׂמֹאולֵ֑ךְ se.mo.Lekh	H8040	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
younger	הַקְּטַנָּ֣ה ha.ke.ta.Nah	H6996	abbreviated · definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
sister	וַאֲחוֹתֵ֞ךְ va.'a.cho.Tekh	H269	a sister (used very widely (like brother) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
dwelleth	הַיּוֹשֶׁ֙בֶת֙ hai.yo.She.vet	H3427	properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, feminine singular absolute
hand	מִֽימִינֵ֔ךְ mi.mi.Nekh	H3225	the right hand or side (leg · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
Sodom	סְדֹ֖ם se.Dom	H5467	Sedom · proper noun, a place name
daughters	וּבְנוֹתֶֽיהָ u.ve.no.Tei.ha	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 23:4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their…
Genesis 13:10-13 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 Go…
Jeremiah 3:8-11 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet he…
Ezekiel 16:48-49 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 16:51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters…
Ezekiel 16:53-56 When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then wil…
Ezekiel 16:61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them un…
Genesis 14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the sa…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:44-59

The prophet here further shows Jerusalem her abominations, by comparing her with those places that had gone before her, and showing that she was worse than any of them, and therefore should, like them, be utterly and irreparably ruined. We are all apt to judge of ourselves by comparison, and to imagine that we are sufficiently good if we are but as good as such and such, who are thought passable; or that we are not dangerously bad if we are no worse than such and such, who, though bad, are not of the worst. Now God by the prophet shows Jerusalem, I. That she was as bad as her mother, that is, as the accursed devoted Canaanites that were the possessors of this land before her. Those that use…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:46

elder sister . . . Samaria--older than Sodom, to whom Judah was less nearly related by kindred than she was to Samaria. Sodom is therefore called her younger sister; Samaria, her "elder sister" [GROTIUS]. Samaria is called the "elder," because in a moral respect more nearly related to Judah [FAIRBAIRN]. Samaria had made the calves at Dan and Beth-el in imitation of the cherubim. her daughters--the inferior towns subject to Samaria (compare Num 21:25, Margin). left--The Orientals faced the east in marking the directions of the sky; thus the north was "left," the south "right." Sodom . . . daughters--Ammon and Moab, offshoots from Sodom; also the towns subject to it.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:46

Thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left - It is supposed that the prophet by Sodom in this place means the Israelites that dwelt beyond Jordan, in the land or the Moabites and Ammonites; or rather of the Moabites and Ammonites themselves. Literally, Sodom could not be called the younger sister of Jerusalem, as it existed before Jerusalem had a name. In looking east from Jerusalem, Samaria was on the left, and Sodom on the right hand; that is, the first was on the north, the second on the south of Jerusalem.

John Gill on Ezekiel 16:46

The Church Fathers

What are these two sisters of Jerusalem the sinner? Schism and division of the people created Samaria.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 9:1

Virtue makes me to have Christ as my brother, so that I may be both good and well-mannered.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 9:1

This is to despise Zion and to trust in the mountain of Samaria. For if we ecclesiastics sin, heretics are certainly not strangers to us in the perversion of their teaching.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 9:1

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Dictionary and topics

Fornication — In every form of it was sternly condemned by the Mosaic law (Lev. 21:9; 19:29; Deut. 22:20, 21, 23-29; 23:18; Ex. 22:16). (See ADULTERY.) But this word is more frequently used in a symbolical than in…
Sodom — Burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim (Gen. 13:10; 14:1-16). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16-33; 19:1-29; Deut.…
Solomon, Song of — Called also, after the Vulgate, the “Canticles.” It is the “song of songs” (1:1), as being the finest and most precious of its kind; the noblest song, “das Hohelied,” as Luther calls it. The…
Lasciviousness · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE
Samaria, Ancient · The whole kingdom of Israel sometimes called — The whole kingdom of Israel sometimes called
Sodom · Wickedness of the inhabitants of — Wickedness of the inhabitants of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 16:46

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:44-59

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:46

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:46

John Gill on Ezekiel 16:46

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 16:46

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:44-59

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 16:46

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 16:46

John Gill on Ezekiel 16:46

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Ezekiel 16:44-46

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 16:35-52

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 16:46-50

Rashi on Ezekiel 16:46