Ezekiel 16:46-63

Ezekiel 16:46-63

[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.  [47] Yet hast thou not walked  after their ways,  nor done  after their abominations:  but, as if that were a very  little  thing, thou wast corrupted  more than they  in all thy ways.  [48] 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.  [49] 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.  [50] And they were haughty,  and committed  abomination  before  me: therefore I took them away  as I saw  good. [51] Neither hath Samaria  committed  half  of thy sins;  but thou hast multiplied  thine abominations  more than they,  and hast justified  thy sisters  in all thine abominations  which thou hast done.  [52] 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.  [53] When I shall bring again  their captivity,  of Sodom  and her daughters,  and the captivity  of Samaria  and her daughters,  then will I bring again the captivity  in the midst  of them: [54] That thou mayest bear  thine own shame,  and mayest be confounded  in all that thou hast done,  in that thou art a comfort  [55] 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.  [56] For thy sister  Sodom  was not mentioned  by thy mouth  in the day  of thy pride,  [57] Before thy wickedness  was discovered,  as at the time  of thy reproach  of the daughters  of Syria,  and all that are round about  her, the daughters  of the Philistines,  which despise  thee round about.  [58] Thou hast borne  thy lewdness  and thine abominations,  saith  the LORD.  [59] For thus saith  the Lord  GOD;  I will even deal  which hast despised  the oath  in breaking  the covenant.  [60] Nevertheless I will remember  my covenant  with thee in the days  of thy youth,  and I will establish  unto thee an everlasting  covenant.  [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 unto thee for daughters,  but not by thy covenant.  [62] And I will establish  my covenant  with thee; and thou shalt know  that I am the LORD:  [63] That thou mayest remember,  and be confounded,  and never open  thy mouth  any more because  of thy shame,  when I am pacified  toward thee for all that thou hast done,  saith  the Lord  GOD.