Ezekiel 16:43-53 (New International Version)
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" 'Because you did not remember1 the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will surely bring down2 on your head what you have done, declares the Sovereign LORD. Did you not add lewdness to all your other detestable practices?3
44
" 'Everyone who quotes proverbs4 will quote this proverb about you: "Like mother, like daughter."
45
You are a true daughter of your mother, who despised5 her husband6 and her children; and you are a true sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.7
46
Your older sister8 was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom.9
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You not only walked in their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.10
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As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign11 LORD, your sister Sodom12 and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.13
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" 'Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:14 She and her daughters were arrogant,15 overfed and unconcerned;16 they did not help the poor and needy.17
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They were haughty18 and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.19
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Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done.20
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Bear your disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous21 than you. So then, be ashamed and bear22 your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.
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" 'However, I will restore23 the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and of Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them,24
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