Ezechiele 16:50

50 Ed esse superbirono, e commisero abbominazione nel mio cospetto; laonde io le tolsi via, come vidi che dovea farsi.

Ezechiele 16:50 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 16:50

And they were haughty
Sodom and her daughters, the inhabitants of that place, and the cities adjacent; they lifted up themselves above God and man; they were above regarding the poor and needy; and were elated and swelled with their plenty and prosperity, and behaved very insolently, both to fellow citizens and strangers; see ( Genesis 19:4 Genesis 19:5 Genesis 19:9 ) ; and committed abomination before me;
perhaps referring to that sin, which has its name from them; a sin abominable to God, and scandalous to human nature; and which they committed openly and publicly, neither fearing God, nor regarding men; and are said to be sinners before the Lord, ( Genesis 13:13 ) ; therefore I took them away as I saw [good];
both as to time and manner, as he in his sovereignty thought most fit and proper, by raining fire and brimstone on them, and setting them forth as an example of the vengeance of eternal fire: or, "when I saw" ^F3; their sin and wickedness, as soon as he saw it; see ( Genesis 18:20 Genesis 18:21 ) . The Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions render it, "as thou sawest", or "hast seen"; appealing to the Jews themselves, who were very well acquainted with the fact; for the destruction of Sodom was notorious and flagrant.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (ytyar rvak) "cum vidi", Cocceius; so some in Vatablus; "postea quam", Tigurine version, Piscator, Starckius.

Ezechiele 16:50 In-Context

48 Come io vivo, dice il Signore Iddio, Sodoma, tua sorella, con le sue terre, non fecero quanto hai fatto tu, e le tue terre.

49 Ecco, questa fu l’iniquità di Sodoma, tua sorella, con le sue terre: ella ebbe gran gloria, ed abbondanza di pane, ed agio di riposo; ed ella non diede alcun conforto al povero, ed al bisognoso.

50 Ed esse superbirono, e commisero abbominazione nel mio cospetto; laonde io le tolsi via, come vidi che dovea farsi.

51 E quant’è a Samaria, ella non ha peccato a metà quanto tu; e tu hai moltiplicate le tue abbominazioni, più che l’una e l’altra; ed hai giustificate le tue sorelle con tutte le abbominazioni che hai commesse.

52 Tu, che hai giudicate amendue le tue sorelle, porta anche tu il tuo vituperio, per il tuoi peccati, per li quali ti sei renduta più abbominevole di loro; elleno son più giuste di te; ed anche tu sii svergognata, e porta il tuo vituperio, poichè tu giustifichi le tue sorelle.