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Ezekiel 16

Ezek. 16:49 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, this was the iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
of thy sister
'achowth (Hebrew #269)
a sister (used very widely (like 250), literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (an-)other, sister, together.
Pronounce: aw-khoth'
Origin: irregular feminine of 251
Sodom
Cdom (Hebrew #5467)
burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea
KJV usage: Sodom.
Pronounce: sed-ome'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to scorch
, pride
ga'own (Hebrew #1347)
the same as 1346
KJV usage: arrogancy, excellency(-lent), majesty, pomp, pride, proud, swelling.
Pronounce: gaw-ohn'
Origin: from 1342
, fulness
sib`ah (Hebrew #7653)
satiety
KJV usage: fulness.
Pronounce: sib-aw'
Origin: feminine of 7647
c of bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
, and abundance
shalvah (Hebrew #7962)
security (genuine or false)
KJV usage: abundance, peace(-ably), prosperity, quietness.
Pronounce: shal-vaw'
Origin: from 7951
of idleness
shaqat (Hebrew #8252)
to repose (usually figurative)
KJV usage: appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.
Pronounce: shaw-kat'
Origin: a primitive root
was in her and in her daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
, neither did she strengthen
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
the hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
of the poor
`aniy (Hebrew #6041)
depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as 6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making 6035 subjective and 6041 objective)
KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Pronounce: aw-nee'
Origin: from 6031
and needy
'ebyown (Hebrew #34)
destitute
KJV usage: beggar, needy, poor (man).
Pronounce: eb-yone'
Origin: from 14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling)
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Gen. 13:10,13• 10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar.
 13And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah. (Gen. 13:10,13)
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Gen. 18:20• 20And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is great, and because their sin is very grievous, (Gen. 18:20)
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Deut. 32:15• 15Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked{HR}—Thou art waxen fat,{HR}Thou art grown thick,{HR}And thou art covered with fatness;{HR}—He gave up God who made him,{HR}And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.{HR} (Deut. 32:15)

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Bread,
Daughter,
Poor,
Sodom; Sodoma

Cross References

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pride.
Ezek. 28:2,9,17• 2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God.
 9Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no god, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
 17Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. (Ezek. 28:2,9,17)
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Ezek. 29:3• 3Speak and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. (Ezek. 29:3)
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Gen. 19:9• 9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. (Gen. 19:9)
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Psa. 138:6• 6For Jehovah [is] exalted, yet he seeth the lowly,{HR}And the proud he knoweth from afar. (Psa. 138:6)
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Prov. 16:5,18• 5Every proud heart [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}Hand in hand he shall not be held innocent.
 18Pride [goeth] before destruction;{HR}And a haughty spirit before a fall. (Prov. 16:5,18)
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Prov. 18:12• 12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,{HR}and before honour [is] humility. (Prov. 18:12)
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Prov. 21:4• 4A high look and a proud heart,{HR}The lamp of the wicked [is] sin. (Prov. 21:4)
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Isa. 3:9• 9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. (Isa. 3:9)
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Isa. 16:6• 6We have heard of the arrogance of Moab—[the] very proud—of his pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath: his pratings [are] vain. (Isa. 16:6)
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Dan. 4:30,37• 30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
 37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Dan. 4:30,37)
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Dan. 5:23• 23but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. (Dan. 5:23)
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Obad. 3• 3The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; —he that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? (Obad. 3)
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1 Peter 5:5• 5Likewise, ye younger, be subject to elders; and all of you bind on humility to one another; because God setteth himself against haughty ones, and giveth grace to lowly. (1 Peter 5:5)
fulness.
Gen. 13:10• 10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar. (Gen. 13:10)
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Gen. 18:20• 20And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is great, and because their sin is very grievous, (Gen. 18:20)
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Deut. 32:15• 15Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked{HR}—Thou art waxen fat,{HR}Thou art grown thick,{HR}And thou art covered with fatness;{HR}—He gave up God who made him,{HR}And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.{HR} (Deut. 32:15)
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Isa. 22:13‑14• 13and behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
 14And it was revealed in mine ears by Jehovah of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 22:13‑14)
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Amos 6:3‑6• 3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
 4that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
 5that chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;
 6that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. (Amos 6:3‑6)
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Luke 12:16‑20• 16And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully;
 17and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits?
 18And he said, This will I do; I will take away my granaries, and build greater; and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
 19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid up for many years; repose thyself; eat, drink, be merry.
 20But God said unto him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared? (Luke 12:16‑20)
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Luke 16:19• 19Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day. (Luke 16:19)
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Luke 17:28• 28And in like manner as took place in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; (Luke 17:28)
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Luke 21:34• 34But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares, (Luke 21:34)
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Ezek. 18:12• 12hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, (Ezek. 18:12)
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Prov. 21:13• 13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,{HR}He also shall cry, and not be heard. (Prov. 21:13)
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Isa. 3:14‑15• 14Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof, [saying,] It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses.
 15What mean ye [that] ye crush my people and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 3:14‑15)
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Amos 5:11‑12• 11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
 12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. (Amos 5:11‑12)
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Amos 8:4‑6• 4Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
 5saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:
 6that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat. (Amos 8:4‑6)
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Mic. 3:2‑4• 2Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
 3and who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron.
 4Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings. (Mic. 3:2‑4)
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Luke 16:20‑21• 20And [there was] a poor man named Lazarus, [who] lay at his gateway full of sores,
 21and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; nay, even the dogs came and licked his sores. (Luke 16:20‑21)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poore and needy.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "afflicted"; see ch. 18.12,17; Ps. 9.18.

W. Kelly Translation

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Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.