56 For thy sister Sodom [a]was not heard of [b]by thy report in the day of thy pride,

57 Before thy wickedness was [c]discovered, as in that same time of the reproach of the daughters of Aram, and of all the daughters of the Philistines round about [d]her, which despise thee on all sides.

58 Thou hast borne therefore thy wickedness and thine abomination, saith the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:56 Hebrew, was not a rumor in thy mouth.
  2. Ezekiel 16:56 Thou wouldest not call her punishment to mind when thou wast aloft, to learn by her example to fear my judgments.
  3. Ezekiel 16:57 That is, till thou wast brought under by the Syrians and Philistines, 2 Chron. 28:19.
  4. Ezekiel 16:57 Which joined with the Syrians, or compassed about Jerusalem.

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