Ezekiel 16:48

48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.

Ezekiel 16:48 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
48 As I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.
NLT
48 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, Sodom and her daughters were never as wicked as you and your daughters.
MSG
48 As sure as I am the living God! - Decree of God, the Master - your sister Sodom and her daughters never even came close to what you and your daughters have done.
CSB
48 "As I live"-the declaration of the Lord God -"your sister Sodom and her daughters have not behaved as you and your daughters have.

Ezekiel 16:48 In-Context

46 Your older sister 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.
47 You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.
48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.
49 “ ‘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.
50 They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Genesis 15:2
  • 2. S Genesis 19:25
  • 3. Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:23-24
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