48
As I live,חַי אָנִיdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהSodomסְדֹםyour sister,אֲחוֹתֵךְsheהִיאand her daughters,וּבְנוֹתֶיהָhas notאִםdoneעָשְׂתָהasכַּאֲשֶׁרyouאַתְּand your daughtersוּבְנוֹתָיִךְhave done.עָשִׂית
Ezekiel 16:48
Study it in the app“As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, Sodom your sister, she and her daughters, has not done as you and your daughters have done.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:48, word by word
- As I liveחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- Sodomסְדֹםsedom
Sodom
See it on the mapWhere else “sedom” appears- your sisterאֲחוֹתֵachote
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achote” appears- and her daughtersבְנוֹתֶיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- doneעָשְׂתָהasta
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asta” appears
Places in this verse
Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
The context
47And not in their ways did you walk, nor according to their abominations did you do as if that were a very little thing; but you acted more corruptly than they in all your ways.
48 · This verse (above)
49Look, this was the iniquity of Sodom your sister: pride, fullness of bread, and careless ease were hers and her daughters’, but the hand of the poor and the needy she did not strengthen.