Ezekiel 16 · Verse 50

Ezekiel 16:50

And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
Ezekiel 16:50, King James Version

Ezekiel 16:50 in other translations

BSBThus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.
WEBThey were arrogant and committed abomination before me. Therefore I took them away when I saw it.
ASVAnd they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
YLTAnd they are haughty and do abomination before Me, And I turn them aside when I have seen.
DARBYAnd they were haughty, and committed abomination before me, and I took them away when I saw it.
BBEThey were full of pride and did what was disgusting to me: and so I took them away as you have seen.
WebsterAnd they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

What does Ezekiel 16:50 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
50. haughty--puffed up with prosperity. abomination before me--"sinners before the Lord" (Ge 13:13); said of those whose sin is so heinous as to cry out to God for immediate judgments; presumptuous sins, daring God to the face (Ge 18:20; 19:5). I took them away--(Ge 19:24). as I saw good--rather, "according to what I saw"; referring to Ge 18:21, where God says, "I will go down, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it which is come unto Me."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 16:1-58

A parable showing the first low estate of the Jewish nation, its prosperity, idolatries, and punishment. Verses 1-58 In this chapter God's dealings with the Jewish nation, and their conduct towards him, are described, and their punishment through the surrounding nations, even those they most trusted in. This is done under the parable of an exposed infant rescued from death, educated, espoused, and richly provided…

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Ezekiel 16:50 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽתִּגְבְּהֶ֔ינָהva.tig.be.Hei.nahand they were haughtyH1361
וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ינָהva.ta.'a.Sei.nahand they didH6213
תוֹעֵבָ֖הto.'e.VahabominationH8441
לְפָנָ֑יle.fa.Nai<to> before meH6440
וָאָסִ֥ירva.'a.Sirand I removedH5493
אֶתְהֶ֖ן'et.Hen<obj.> themH853
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.Sherjust whenH834
רָאִֽיתִי\׃\ \סra.'I.tiI sawH7200

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Cross references for Ezekiel 16:50

  • Genesis 19:5

    And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

  • Genesis 13:13

    But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

  • Genesis 19:24

    Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

  • Genesis 18:20

    And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

  • Zephaniah 2:9

    Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

  • Jeremiah 50:40

    As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

  • Romans 1:26-27

    For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

  • Revelation 18:9

    And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

  • 2 Kings 23:7

    And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

  • Jeremiah 49:18

    As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

  • Deuteronomy 29:23

    And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

  • Deuteronomy 23:17

    There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and committed.
Ge 13:13; 18:20; 19:5; Le 18:22; De 23:17; 2Ki 23:7; Pr 16:18
Pr 18:12; Ro 1:26,27; Jude 1:7
therefore.
Ge 19:24; De 29:23; Job 18:15; Isa 13:19; Jer 20:16; 49:18; 50:40
La 4:6; Am 4:11; Zep 2:9; 2Pe 2:6; Re 18:9

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Context

  • Ezekiel 16:49

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

  • Ezekiel 16:50

    And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

  • Ezekiel 16:51

    Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

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Ezekiel 16:50 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y ensoberbeciéronse, é hicieron abominación delante de mí, y quitélas como vi bueno.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Elles se sont élevées et ont commis des abominations devant moi; et je les ai ôtées lorsque je l’ai vu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und sie waren hochmütig und verübten Greuel vor meinem Angesicht. Und ich tat sie hinweg, sobald ich es sah.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et elevatæ sunt, et fecerunt abominationes coram me: et abstuli eas sicut vidisti.