Ezekiel 16:52
New International Version
Bear your disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous than you. So then, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.

New Living Translation
Shame on you! Your sins are so terrible that you make your sisters seem righteous, even virtuous.

English Standard Version
Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have intervened on behalf of your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

New King James Version
You who judged your sisters, bear your own shame also, because the sins which you committed were more abominable than theirs; they are more righteous than you. Yes, be disgraced also, and bear your own shame, because you justified your sisters.

New American Standard Bible
Also, bear your disgrace in that you have made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear innocent.

NASB 1995
“Also bear your disgrace in that you have made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear righteous.

NASB 1977
“Also bear your disgrace in that you have made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear righteous.

Legacy Standard Bible
Also bear your dishonor in that you have made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your dishonor, in that you made your sisters appear righteous.

Amplified Bible
Also bear your disgrace [as punishment], having made judgment favorable for your sisters, for [you virtually absolved them] because of your sins in which you behaved more repulsively than they; they are more in the right than you. Yes, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you made your [pagan] sisters seem righteous.

Christian Standard Bible
You must also bear your disgrace, since you have helped your sisters out. For they appear more righteous than you because of your sins, which you committed more detestably than they did. So you also, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You must also bear your disgrace, since you have been an advocate for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you because of your sins, which you committed more abhorrently than they did. So you also, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.”

American Standard Version
Thou also, bear thou thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Also accept your shame, because you have overtaken your sisters by your sins, and you are more defiled than they and they are more righteous than you, also you, be ashamed and bear your shame, for your sisters are more righteous than you

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou therefore bear thy punishment, for that thou hast corrupted thy sisters by thy sins which thou hast committed beyond them; and thou hast made them appear more righteous than thyself: thou therefore be ashamed, and bear thy dishonour, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Contemporary English Version
So their punishment will seem light compared to yours. You will be disgraced and put to shame because of your disgusting sins.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore do thou also bear thy confusion, thou that hast surpassed thy sisters with thy sine, doing more wickedly than they: for they are justified above thee, therefore be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, thou that hast justified thy sisters.

English Revised Version
Thou also, bear thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will have to suffer disgrace because you accused your sisters. Yet, your sins are more disgusting than theirs. They look like they are innocent compared to you. Be ashamed of yourself and suffer disgrace, because you have made your sisters look like they are innocent.

Good News Translation
And now you will have to endure your disgrace. Your sins are so much worse than those of your sisters that they look innocent beside you. Now blush and bear your shame, because you make your sisters look pure."

International Standard Version
So now, bear your own shame as you mediate for your sisters. The sins that you've committed are more detestable than theirs. That makes them more righteous than you. Indeed, be ashamed and bear your reproach, because you've made your sisters to be more righteous than you."

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou also, bear thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous than thou; yea, be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Literal Standard Version
You also—bear your shame, | That you have adjudged for your sisters, | Because of your sins that you have done more abominably than they, | They are more righteous than you, | And you, also, be ashamed and bear your shame, | In your justifying your sisters.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

New American Bible
You, then, must bear your disgrace, for you have made a case for your sisters! Because your sins are more abominable than theirs, they seem righteous compared to you. Blush for shame, and bear the disgrace of having made your sisters appear righteous.

NET Bible
So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior. Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous.

New Revised Standard Version
Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have brought about for your sisters a more favorable judgment; because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.

New Heart English Bible
You also, bear you your own shame, in that you have given judgment for your sisters; through your sins that you have committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous that you: yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou also, who hast judged thy sisters, bear thy own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yes, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

World English Bible
You also bear your own shame yourself, in that you have given judgment for your sisters; through your sins that you have committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous than you. Yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou also -- bear thy shame, That thou hast adjudged to thy sisters, Because of thy sins that thou hast done more abominably than they, They are more righteous than thou, And thou, also, be ashamed and bear thy shame, In thy justifying thy sisters.

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Context
Judgment on Jerusalem
51Furthermore, 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. 52So 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. 53But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 3:11
And the LORD said to me, "Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.

Ezekiel 16:47
And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.

Ezekiel 16:48
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.

Ezekiel 16:53
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.

Ezekiel 32:24
Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword--those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.


Treasury of Scripture

You also, which have judged your sisters, bear your own shame for your sins that you have committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than you: yes, be you confounded also, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters.

which hast

Ezekiel 16:56
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

Matthew 7:1-5
Judge not, that ye be not judged…

Luke 6:37
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

bear thine

Ezekiel 16:54,63
That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them…

Ezekiel 36:6,7,15,31,32
Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: …

Ezekiel 39:26
After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.

they are more

Genesis 38:26
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

1 Samuel 24:17
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

1 Kings 2:32
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

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Ezekiel 16
1. Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem
6. God's extraordinary love toward her,
15. Her grievous judgment
35. Her sin, equal to her mother,
46. and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria,
59. calls for judgments
60. Mercy is promised her in the end














(52) Hast judged thy sisters.--Judah had approved the judgments upon Sodom and Samaria, as it is always easy for man to approve judgments upon the sins of others; but now this must be brought home to herself for her own greater sins. (Comp. Romans 2)

Having described the sin and the punishment, the prophet now goes on in the remainder of the chapter to speak of the restoration of Israel. This is first declared in the strongest terms to be impossible (Ezekiel 16:53-59), and the efforts of many commentators to transform the language into a covert promise of restoration are entirely unsuccessful. After this, indeed, in Ezekiel 16:60-63, the establishment of the Divine covenant with Israel is fully and distinctly promised. Yet there is no contradiction between the two, for the prophet had a right to suppose that the people would remember what had been so plainly declared before: that while the nation as a whole must perish, yet after the purifying chastisements of the Lord He would have mercy upon and bless a remnant who should be saved. The general doom is first announced as irrevocable; then the exception is made for the few.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So now
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

you
אַ֣תְּ ׀ (’at)
Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

must bear
שְׂאִ֣י (śə·’î)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

your disgrace,
כְלִמָּתֵ֗ךְ (ḵə·lim·mā·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 3639: Insult, reproach, ignominy

since
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you have brought justification
פִּלַּלְתְּ֙ (pil·lalt)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 6419: To judge, to intercede, pray

for your sisters.
לַֽאֲחוֹתֵ֔ךְ (la·’ă·ḥō·w·ṯêḵ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

For they appear more righteous
תִּצְדַּ֣קְנָה (tiṣ·daq·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 6663: To be just or righteous

than you,
מִמֵּ֑ךְ (mim·mêḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

because your sins
בְּחַטֹּאתַ֛יִךְ (bə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯa·yiḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender

were more vile
הִתְעַ֥בְתְּ (hiṯ·‘aḇt)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 8581: To loathe, detest

than theirs.
מֵהֵ֖ן (mê·hên)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person feminine plural
Strong's 2004: They

So you
אַ֥תְּ (’at)
Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

too
וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

must bear
וּשְׂאִ֣י (ū·śə·’î)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

your shame
בּ֙וֹשִׁי֙ (bō·wō·šî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed

and disgrace,
כְלִמָּתֵ֔ךְ (ḵə·lim·mā·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 3639: Insult, reproach, ignominy

since you have made your sisters
אַחְיוֹתֵֽךְ׃ (’aḥ·yō·w·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

appear righteous.
בְּצַדֶּקְתֵּ֖ךְ (bə·ṣad·deq·têḵ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 6663: To be just or righteous


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