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1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
1 Y FUÉ á mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
2 “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations
2 Hijo del hombre, notifica á Jerusalem sus abominaciones,
3 and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
3 Y di: Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová sobre Jerusalem: Tu habitación y tu raza fué de la tierra de Canaán; tu padre Amorrheo, y tu madre Hethea.
4 On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.
4 Y cuanto á tu nacimiento, el día que naciste no fué cortado tu ombligo, ni fuiste lavada con aguas para atemperarte, ni salada con sal, ni fuiste envuelta con fajas.
5 No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.
5 No hubo ojo que se compadeciese de ti, para hacerte algo de esto, teniendo de ti misericordia; sino que fuiste echada sobre la haz del campo, con menosprecio de tu vida, en el día que naciste.
6 Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’
6 Y yo pasé junto á ti, y te vi sucia en tus sangres, y díjete: En tus sangres, vive; vive, díjete, en tus sangres.
7 I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
7 En millares como la hierba del campo te puse, y fuiste aumentada y engrandecida, y viniste á ser adornada grandemente; los pechos te crecieron, y tu pelo brotó; mas tú estabas desnuda y descubierta.
8 Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
8 Y pasé yo junto á ti, y te miré, y he aquí que tu tiempo era tiempo de amores; y extendí mi manto sobre ti, y cubrí tu desnudez; y díte juramento, y entré en concierto contigo, dice el Señor Jehová, y fuiste mía:
9 Then I bathed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil.
9 Y te lavé con agua, y lavé tus sangres de encima de ti, y ungíte con aceite;
10 I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
10 Y te vestí de bordado, y te calcé de tejón, y ceñíte de lino, y te vestí de seda.
11 I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
11 Y te atavíe con ornamentos, y puse ajorcas en tus brazos, y collar á tu cuello;
12 I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.
12 Y puse joyas sobre tus narices, y zarcillos en tus orejas, y diadema de hermosura en tu cabeza.
13 So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.
13 Y fuiste adornada de oro y de plata, y tu vestido fué lino, y seda, y bordado; comiste flor de harina de trigo, y miel, y aceite; y fuiste hermoseada en extremo, y has prosperado hasta reinar.
14 Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.
14 Y salióte nombradía entre las gentes á causa de tu hermosura; porque era perfecta, á causa de mi hermosura que yo puse sobre ti, dice el Señor Jehová.
15 But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.
15 Mas confiaste en tu hermosura, y fornicaste á causa de tu nombradía, y derramaste tus fornicaciones á cuantos pasaron; suya eras.
16 You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!
16 Y tomaste de tus vestidos, é hicístete diversos altos lugares, y fornicaste en ellos: [cosa semejante] no vendrá, ni será [así].
17 You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.
17 Tomaste asimismo los vasos de tu hermosura de mi oro y de mi plata, que yo te había dado, é hicístete imágenes de hombre, y fornicaste con ellas.
18 You took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you set My oil and incense before them.
18 Y tomaste tus vestidos de diversos colores, y cubrístelas; y mi aceite y mi perfume pusiste delante de ellas.
19 And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.
19 Mi pan también, que yo te había dado, la flor de la harina, y el aceite, y la miel, con que yo te mantuve, pusiste delante de ellas para olor suave; y fué [así], dice el Señor Jehová.
20 You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
20 Demás de esto, tomaste tus hijos y tus hijas que me habías engendrado, y los sacrificaste á ellas para consumación. ¿Es poco, [esto] de tus fornicaciones?
21 You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.
21 Y sacrificaste mis hijos, y dístelos á ellas para que los hiciesen pasar [por el fuego].
22 And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.
22 Y con todas tus abominaciones y tus fornicaciones no te has acordado de los días de tu mocedad, cuando estabas desnuda y descubierta, cuando estabas envuelta en tu sangre.
23 Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,
23 Y fué que después de toda tu maldad (¡ay, ay de ti! dice el Señor Jehová,)
24 you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.
24 Edificástete alto, y te hiciste altar en todas las plazas:
25 At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.
25 En toda cabeza de camino edificaste tu altar, y tornaste abominable tu hermosura, y abriste tus piernas á cuantos pasaban, y multiplicaste tus fornicaciones.
26 You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.
26 Y fornicaste con los hijos de Egipto, tus vecinos, de grandes carnes; y aumentaste tus fornicaciones para enojarme.
27 Therefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.
27 Por tanto, he aquí [que yo] extendí sobre ti mi mano, y disminuí tu provisión ordinaria, y te entregué á la voluntad de las hijas de los Filisteos que te aborrecen, las cuales se avergüenzan de tu camino deshonesto.
28 Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.
28 Fornicaste también con los hijos de Assur por no haberte hartado; y fornicaste con ellos, y tampoco te hartaste.
29 So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!
29 Multiplicaste asimismo tu fornicación en la tierra de Canaán y de los Caldeos: ni tampoco con esto te hartaste.
30 How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute!
30 ¡Cuán inconstante es tu corazón, dice el Señor Jehová, habiendo hecho todas estas cosas, obras de una poderosa ramera,
31 But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
31 Edificando tus altares en cabeza de todo camino, y haciendo tus altares en todas las plazas! Y no fuiste semejante á ramera, menospreciando el salario,
32 You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!
32 [Sino como] mujer adúltera, por cuanto [que] en lugar de su marido recibe á ajenos.
33 Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.
33 A todas las rameras dan dones; mas tú diste tus dones á todos tus enamorados; y les diste presentes, porque entrasen á ti de todas partes por tus fornicaciones.
34 So your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite!
34 Y ha sido en ti al contrario de las mujeres en tus fornicaciones, ni nunca después de [ti será así] fornicado; porque en dar tú dones, y no ser dados dones á ti, ha sido al contrario.
35 Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD!
35 Por tanto, ramera, oye palabra de Jehová:
36 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
36 Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Por cuanto han sido descubiertas tus vergüenzas, y tu confusión ha sido manifestada á tus enamorados en tus fornicaciones, y á los ídolos de tus abominaciones, y en la sangre de tus hijos, los cuales les diste;
37 therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
37 Por tanto, he aquí que yo junto todos tus enamorados con los cuales tomaste placer, y todos los que amaste, con todos los que aborreciste; y reunirélos contra ti alrededor, y descubriréles tu vergüenza, y verán toda tu torpeza.
38 And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
38 Y yo te juzgaré por las leyes de las adúlteras, y de las que derraman sangre; y te daré en sangre de ira y de celo.
39 Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
39 Y te entregaré en mano de ellos: y destruirán tu alto, y derribarán tus altares, y te harán desnudar de tus ropas, y se llevarán los vasos de tu gloria, y te dejarán desnuda y descubierta.
40 They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
40 Y harán subir contra ti reunión [de gente], y te apedrearán con piedras, y te atravesarán con sus espadas.
41 Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.
41 Y quemarán tus casas á fuego, y harán en ti juicios á ojos de muchas mujeres; y hacerte he cesar de ser ramera, ni tampoco darás más don.
42 So I will lay to rest My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry.
42 Y haré reposar mi ira sobre ti, y apartaráse de ti mi celo, y descansaré de más enojarme.
43 Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations?
43 Por cuanto no te acordaste de los días de tu mocedad, y me provocaste á ira en todo esto, por eso, he aquí yo también he tornado tu camino sobre tu cabeza, dice el Señor Jehová; pues ni aun has pensado sobre todas tus abominaciones.
44 Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
44 He aquí que todo proverbista hará de ti proverbio, diciendo: Como la madre, tal su hija.
45 You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
45 Hija de tu madre eres tú, que desechó á su marido y á sus hijos; y hermana de tus hermanas eres tú, que desecharon á sus maridos y á sus hijos: vuestra madre fué Hethea, y vuestro padre Amorrheo.
46 Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
46 Y tu hermana mayor es Samaria con su hijas, la cual habita á tu mano izquierda; y tu hermana la menor que tú [es] Sodoma con sus hijas, la cual habita á tu mano derecha.
47 And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
47 Y aun no anduviste en sus caminos, ni hiciste según sus abominaciones; antes, como [si esto fuera] poco y muy poco, te corrompiste más que ellas en todos tus caminos.
48 As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.
48 Vivo yo, dice el Señor Jehová, Sodoma tu hermana, con sus hijas, no ha hecho como hiciste tú y tus hijas.
49 Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
49 He aquí que esta fué la maldad de Sodoma tu hermana: soberbia, hartura de pan, y abundancia de ociosidad tuvo ella y sus hijas; y no corroboró la mano del afligido y del menesteroso.
50 Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.
50 Y ensoberbeciéronse, é hicieron abominación delante de mí, y quitélas como vi [bueno].
51 Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.
51 Y Samaria no cometió ni la mitad de tus pecados; porque tú multiplicaste tus abominaciones más que ellas, y has justificado á tus hermanas con todas tus abominaciones que hiciste.
52 So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.
52 Tú también, que juzgaste á tus hermanas, lleva tu vergüenza en tus pecados que hiciste más abominables que ellas: más justas son que tú: avergüénzate pues tú también, y lleva tu confusión, pues que has justificado á tus hermanas.
53 But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.
53 Yo pues haré tornar sus cautivos, los cautivos de Sodoma y de sus hijas, y los cautivos de Samaria y de sus hijas, y los cautivos de tus cautiverios entre ellas,
54 So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.
54 Para que tú lleves tu confusión, y te avergüences de todo lo que has hecho, siéndoles tú motivo de consuelo.
55 And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.
55 Y tus hermanas, Sodoma con sus hijas y Samaria con sus hijas, volverán á su primer estado; tú también y tus hijas volveréis á vuestro primer estado.
56 Did you not treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn in the day of your pride,
56 Sodoma, tu hermana, no fué nombrada en tu boca en el tiempo de tus soberbias,
57 before your wickedness was uncovered? Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you.
57 Antes que tu maldad se descubriese, como en el tiempo de la vergüenza de las hijas de Siria y de todas las hijas de los Filisteos alrededor, que te menosprecian en contorno.
58 You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your abominations, declares the LORD.
58 Tú has llevado tu enormidad y tus abominaciones, dice Jehová.
59 For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
59 Empero así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: ¿Haré yo contigo como tú hiciste, que menospreciaste el juramento para invalidar el pacto?
60 But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
60 Antes yo tendré memoria de mi pacto que concerté contigo en los días de tu mocedad, y te confirmaré un pacto sempiterno.
61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.
61 Y acordarte has de tus caminos y te avergonzarás, cuando recibirás á tus hermanas, las mayores que tú con las menores que tú, las cuales yo te daré por hijas, mas no por tu pacto.
62 So I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD,
62 Y confirmaré mi pacto contigo, y sabrás que yo soy Jehová;
63 so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
63 Para que te acuerdes, y te avergüences, y nunca más abras la boca á causa de tu vergüenza, cuando me aplacare para contigo de todo lo que hiciste, dice el Señor Jehová.
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  1. 2 Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 20:4; Isaiah 58:1; Hosea 8:1; Ezekiel 33:7–9
  2. 3 Ezekiel 16:45; Isaiah 51:1–2; Deuteronomy 20:17; John 8:44; Nehemiah 9:7
  3. 4 Hosea 2:3; Exodus 5:16–21; Genesis 15:13; Joshua 24:2; Deuteronomy 15:15
  4. 5 Deuteronomy 32:10; Numbers 19:16; Exodus 1:22; Lamentations 4:3; Genesis 21:10
  5. 6 Ephesians 2:4–5; Titus 3:3–7; John 5:25; Acts 7:34; Matthew 5:13
  6. 7 Exodus 1:7; Deuteronomy 1:10; Isaiah 62:3; Ezekiel 16:10–13; Song of Songs 4:5
  7. 8 Ruth 3:9; Jeremiah 2:2–3; Romans 5:8; Isaiah 43:4; Exodus 32:13
  8. 9 Psalm 23:5; Ruth 3:3; 1 John 2:27; 1 John 5:8; 1 Corinthians 6:11
  9. 10 Ezekiel 16:18; Ezekiel 16:13; Exodus 26:36; Psalm 45:13–14; Isaiah 61:10
  10. 11 Genesis 24:22; Isaiah 3:19; Genesis 41:42; Genesis 24:47; Proverbs 1:9
  11. 12 Isaiah 3:21; Isaiah 28:5
  12. 13 1 Kings 4:21; Psalm 50:2; Deuteronomy 32:13–14; Psalm 48:2; Psalm 45:13–14
  13. 14 Lamentations 2:15; 1 Kings 10:24; 1 Corinthians 4:7; Deuteronomy 4:6–8; Joshua 2:9–11
  14. 15 Ezekiel 16:25; Isaiah 57:8; Jeremiah 2:20; Ezekiel 23:3; Jeremiah 7:4
  15. 16 2 Kings 23:7; Ezekiel 7:20; 2 Chronicles 28:24; Hosea 2:8
  16. 17 Ezekiel 23:14–21; Hosea 10:1; Jeremiah 3:9; Exodus 32:1–4; Isaiah 57:7–8
  17. 19 Ezekiel 16:13; Genesis 8:21; Deuteronomy 32:14–17; Hosea 2:8–13
  18. 20 Ezekiel 23:37; Ezekiel 20:26; Psalm 106:37–38; Exodus 13:2; Jeremiah 7:31
  19. 21 2 Kings 17:17; Deuteronomy 18:10; Leviticus 18:21; Jeremiah 19:5; 2 Kings 21:6
  20. 22 Jeremiah 2:2; Ezekiel 16:43; Hosea 11:1; Ezekiel 16:3–7; Ezekiel 16:60–63
  21. 23 Revelation 12:12; Jeremiah 13:27; Ezekiel 13:18; Zephaniah 3:1; Ezekiel 24:6
  22. 24 Psalm 78:58; Jeremiah 2:20; Ezekiel 16:31; Isaiah 57:7; Ezekiel 16:39
  23. 25 Ezekiel 16:31; Jeremiah 3:2; Ezekiel 23:32; Jeremiah 6:15; Isaiah 3:9
  24. 26 Ezekiel 23:19–21; Ezekiel 20:7–8; Ezekiel 8:10; Jeremiah 7:18–19; Ezekiel 23:8
  25. 27 Isaiah 9:12; Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 16:37; Ezekiel 16:47; Hosea 2:9–12
  26. 28 2 Kings 16:7; Jeremiah 2:18; Jeremiah 2:36; 2 Kings 16:10–18; Hosea 10:6
  27. 29 Ezekiel 13:14–23; 2 Kings 21:9; Ezekiel 23:14–21; Judges 2:12–19
  28. 30 Jeremiah 3:3; Isaiah 1:3; Proverbs 9:13; Jeremiah 4:22; Isaiah 3:9
  29. 31 Ezekiel 16:33–34; Isaiah 52:3; Hosea 12:11; Ezekiel 16:24–25; Ezekiel 16:39
  30. 32 Jeremiah 2:28; Hosea 3:1; Jeremiah 3:20; 2 Corinthians 11:2–3; Jeremiah 2:25
  31. 33 Isaiah 57:9; Hosea 8:9–10; Ezekiel 16:41; Joel 3:3; Genesis 38:16–18
  32. 35 Isaiah 28:14; Jeremiah 3:6–8; Ezekiel 13:2; Hosea 2:5; Isaiah 1:21
  33. 36 Ezekiel 23:10; Ezekiel 36:25; Ezekiel 22:15; Jeremiah 13:22–26; Ezekiel 23:29
  34. 37 Jeremiah 13:22; Hosea 2:3; Hosea 2:10; Nahum 3:5–6; Jeremiah 13:26
  35. 38 Genesis 9:6; Leviticus 20:10; Jeremiah 18:21; Zephaniah 1:17; Numbers 35:31
  36. 39 Ezekiel 23:26; Hosea 2:3; Ezekiel 16:24–25; Ezekiel 16:10–20; Isaiah 3:16–24
  37. 40 Ezekiel 23:47; Habakkuk 1:6–10; John 8:5–7; Ezekiel 23:10; Jeremiah 25:9
  38. 41 Ezekiel 23:48; Ezekiel 23:27; Jeremiah 39:8; 2 Kings 25:9; Jeremiah 52:13
  39. 42 Ezekiel 5:13; Isaiah 40:1–2; Ezekiel 21:17; Ezekiel 39:29; Isaiah 54:9–10
  40. 43 Ezekiel 16:22; Psalm 78:42; Ezekiel 11:21; Ezekiel 22:31; Psalm 106:13
  41. 44 Ezekiel 18:2–3; Psalm 106:35–38; 1 Samuel 24:13; Ezekiel 16:3; Ezra 9:1
  42. 45 Zechariah 11:8; Isaiah 1:4; Ezekiel 23:2; Ezekiel 16:8; Ezekiel 16:15
  43. 46 Ezekiel 23:4; Ezekiel 16:61; Ezekiel 16:53–56; Genesis 13:10–13; Ezekiel 16:51
  44. 47 2 Kings 21:9; Ezekiel 5:6–7; Ezekiel 16:51; Ezekiel 16:48; 1 Kings 16:31
  45. 48 Matthew 10:15; Mark 6:11; Luke 10:12; Acts 7:52; Matthew 11:23–24
  46. 49 Psalm 138:6; Genesis 13:10; Ezekiel 28:2; Luke 12:16–20; Ezekiel 18:12
  47. 50 Genesis 19:5; Genesis 13:13; Genesis 19:24; Genesis 18:20; Zephaniah 2:9
  48. 51 Jeremiah 3:8–11; Romans 3:9–20; Luke 12:47–48; Matthew 12:41–42
  49. 52 Matthew 7:1–5; Romans 1:32–2:1; 1 Samuel 24:17; Ezekiel 16:54; Jeremiah 23:40
  50. 53 Ezekiel 39:25; Ezekiel 29:14; Isaiah 19:24–25; Jeremiah 12:16; Jeremiah 48:47
  51. 54 Ezekiel 14:22–23; Jeremiah 2:26; Ezekiel 16:63; Ezekiel 36:31–32; Ezekiel 16:52
  52. 55 Ezekiel 36:11; Malachi 3:4; Ezekiel 16:53
  53. 56 Isaiah 65:5; Zephaniah 3:11; Luke 15:28–30; Luke 18:11
  54. 57 2 Kings 16:5–7; Isaiah 7:1; Ezekiel 16:36–37; 2 Chronicles 28:18–23; 2 Chronicles 28:5–6
  55. 58 Ezekiel 23:49; Lamentations 5:7; Genesis 4:13
  56. 59 Ezekiel 17:19; Isaiah 24:5; Deuteronomy 29:10–15; Jeremiah 31:32; Ezekiel 17:13–16
  57. 60 Hosea 2:19–20; Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 12:24; Jeremiah 50:5; Ezekiel 16:8
  58. 61 Hebrews 8:13; Galatians 4:26–31; Ephesians 3:6; Romans 11:11; Romans 15:16
  59. 62 Jeremiah 24:7; Ezekiel 6:7; Ezekiel 39:22; Ezekiel 20:43–44; Joel 3:17
  60. 63 Psalm 39:9; Romans 3:19; Ezekiel 36:31–32; Titus 3:3–7; Daniel 9:7–8

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  1. Quotes verse 16:3 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter VIII — 37-47)

    The prophet says to those very Jews, "Thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite." The Amorites were not a nation that gave origin to the Jews.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 16:49 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily VI)

    For touching them of Sodom likewise it is said, that "in pride, and in plenty, and in fullness of bread, they waxed wanton." And they who were in Noah's time, seeing the ark a preparing for so many years, lived on in senseless mirth, forseeing nought of what was coming.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 16:49 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XIII)

    … a charge of whoredom, nevertheless from this grew the root of each of those punishments; which Ezekiel also signified when he said, "But this was the iniquity of Sodom, that she waxed wanton in pride and in fullness of bread, and in abundance of luxury." Thus the Jews also per petrated the greatest wickedness, being driven upon transgression by their …

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  4. Quotes verse 16:51 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXXVII)

    With this law of condemnation, Ezekiel too was acquainted: wherefore also he said to Jerusalem, "Thou hast justified thy sisters in all thy sins." Thus everywhere is He wont to linger in the Old Testament, as in a favored place.

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