Ezechiël 16:49

Staten Vertaling

Ziet, dit was de ongerechtigheid uwer zuster Sodom; hoogmoed, zatheid van brood en stille gerustheid had zij en haar dochteren; maar zij sterkte de hand des armen en nooddruftigen niet.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Zie, dit was de misdaad van uwe zuster Sodom: hoovaardij en overvloed van alles en ongestoorde rust, die zij en hare dochters hadden; doch den arme en nooddruftige hielpen zij niet;

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Zie, hierin heeft de schuld uwer zuster Sodom bestaan: in hoogmoed, brooddronkenheid en zorgeloze rust leefde zij met haar dochters, terwijl zij de hand der nooddruftigen en armen niet stijfde.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

pride: Ezekiel 28:2, Ezekiel 28:9, Ezekiel 28:17, Ezekiel 29:3, Genesis 19:9, Psalms 138:6, Proverbs 16:5, Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 18:12, Proverbs 21:4, Isaiah 3:9, Isaiah 16:6, Daniel 4:30, Daniel 4:37, Daniel 5:23, Obadiah 1:3, 1 Peter 5:5

fulness: Genesis 13:10, Genesis 18:20, Deuteronomy 32:15, Isaiah 22:13, Isaiah 22:14, Amos 6:3-6, Luke 12:16-20, Luke 16:19, Luke 17:28, Luke 21:34

neither: Ezekiel 18:12, Proverbs 21:13, Isaiah 3:14, Isaiah 3:15, Amos 5:11, Amos 5:12, Amos 8:4-6, Micah 3:2-4, Luke 16:20, Luke 16:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:5 - General Genesis 19:24 - the Lord Genesis 19:27 - to the Numbers 21:25 - villages Psalms 73:7 - eyes Proverbs 30:9 - I be full Isaiah 3:16 - are haughty Jeremiah 5:7 - I had fed Jeremiah 48:11 - emptied Ezekiel 16:46 - thy younger sister Ezekiel 28:5 - and thine Matthew 20:3 - standing Matthew 20:6 - Why Matthew 24:38 - they Romans 2:12 - For 1 Timothy 6:17 - that they 2 Peter 2:6 - turning

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom,.... Namely, the first after mentioned, the source and spring of the rest; the causes and means of which are declared; and the same, as is suggested, was the sin of Jerusalem: namely,

pride; which was the sin of the devils, and the cause of their ruin; the sin of our first parents, by which they fell, and destroyed themselves, and their posterity; and is the prevailing, governing, sin of human nature: it has been the ruin of kingdoms and states, of cities and particular persons; a sin hateful to God, and destructive to man:

fulness of bread; the land of Sodom was very fruitful before it was destroyed; it was like the garden of the Lord, Genesis 13:10; it brought forth plentifully, so that there was great fulness of provision, of all sorts of food, which is meant by bread: this, considered in itself, was not sinful, but a blessing; it was the Lord's mercy and goodness to them that they had such plenty; but it was their sin that they abused it; luxury and intemperance, eating and drinking to excess, are here meant; which led on to that sin, and kindled the flames of it, and were the fuel to it, which has its name from them; and, besides, this fulness of good things enjoyed by them was the source of their pride, and served to increase that, as before mentioned:

and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters; or, "peace of rest" b; prosperity and ease, security and quietness, at leisure, and without labour; two words are used to express the same thing, and to denote, as Kimchi observes, the abundance of it: sloth and idleness, as they often arise from the goodness and fruitfulness of a country, said fulness of provision, so they are the cause of much sin and wickedness; for, if persons are not employed in some business or another, either of the head or hand, they will be doing evil:

neither did she strengthen the hands of the poor and needy; though she had such abundance of food to supply them with, and so much leisure to attend to their distress; but her pride would not suffer her to do it; and she was too idle and slothful to regard such service; perhaps more is intended than is expressed; that she weakened the hands of the poor and needy, and cruelly oppressed them; which is often done by proud men, in great affluence and at leisure, which they abuse to bad purposes.

b ושלות השקט "quies otii, [vel] otium quietas"; so some in Vatablus; "prosperitas otii", Castalio; "tranquillitas quietas", Starckius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 49. This was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom — If we are to take this place literally, Sodom was guilty of other crimes besides that for which she appears to have been especially punished; in addition to her unnatural crime, She is charged with pride, luxury, idleness, and uncharitableness; and these were sufficient to sink any city to the bottomless pit.