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58Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 16:58

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

  • And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

  • Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 44-59)

The prophet here further shows Jerusalem her abominations, by comparing her with those places that had gone before her, and showing that she was worse than any of them, and therefore should, like them, be utterly and irreparably ruined. We are all apt to judge of ourselves by comparison, and to imagine that we are sufficiently good if we are but as good as such and such, who are thought passable;…

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