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Ezekiel 16:48

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

I swear on my life, says the Lord God, your sister city Sodom and all her people never did the awful things you and your people have done.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God's saying Jerusalem became worse than the city everyone uses as the ultimate example of wickedness.

📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?

The book of Ezekiel was written by the prophet Ezekiel to the Jewish exiles in Babylon during the early 6th century BCE. It was written to explain God's judgment on Jerusalem for its extreme unfaithfulness and idolatry, asserting its sin surpassed even that of notorious cities like Sodom.

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Translation & Methodology Sources

The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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