the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Izhibhalo Ezingcwele
UHezekile 16:51
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
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- AmericanBible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Samaria: Luke 12:47, Luke 12:48, Romans 3:9-20
justified: Jeremiah 3:8-11, Matthew 12:41, Matthew 12:42
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:5 - General 2 Samuel 11:21 - Thy servant 2 Kings 17:19 - Also Judah 2 Kings 21:2 - after the abominations 2 Kings 21:9 - more evil Psalms 53:1 - have done Isaiah 59:12 - our transgressions Jeremiah 2:33 - hast Jeremiah 3:11 - justified Ezekiel 16:46 - elder Ezekiel 16:47 - thou wast Ezekiel 23:19 - multiplied 1 Corinthians 5:1 - and
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins,.... The sins of Samaria, or the ten tribes, of which Samaria was the metropolis, were the worshipping of the calves at Dan and Bethel; but the gods of Judah were according to the number of their cities, and they even set up their idols in the temple of Jerusalem, Jeremiah 2:28 Ezekiel 8:5; and, besides, their sins were aggravated by the benefits privileges they enjoyed; having the temple, the place of worship, among them; the priests of the Lord to officiate for them; the prophets to instruct and teach them; and many good kings to rule over them, who encouraged them in the pure worship of God, and set them examples; as also by their not taking warning at the captivity of the ten tribes, which were some years before; so that they were guilty of great ingratitude and obduracy:
but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they; than Samaria and her daughters, or the ten tribes; or than Sodom and Samaria, since both are intended in the next clause:
and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done; justified them in what they did; countenanced them in their wickedness, by doing the same abominations, and more, and much greater; saying, in effect, that they did right in what they did; and, by exceeding them in sin, made them to appear righteous in comparison of them; and gave them an opportunity of saying, in excuse for themselves, that the men of Judah had been guilty of more and greater sins than they, and yet had not been punished as they had been.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Justified thy sisters - Made them appear just in comparison with thee.
