Ezekiel 16:51
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And Samaria committed not half thy sins: but thou hast surpassed them with thy crimes, and hast justified thy sisters by all thy abominations which thou hast done.

Jeremiah 3:8
That because the rebellious Israel had played the harlot, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce: yet her treacherous sister Juda was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself.

Jeremiah 3:11
And the Lord said to me: The rebellious Israel hath justified her soul, in comparison of the treacherous Juda.

Ezekiel 16:47
But neither hast thou walked in their ways, nor hast thou done a little less than they according to their wickednesses: thou hast done almost more wicked things than they in all thy ways.

Ezekiel 23:11
And when her sister Ooliba saw this, she was mad with lust more than she: and she carried her fornication beyond the fornication of her sister.

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And Samaria committed not half thy sins: but thou hast surpassed them with thy crimes, and hast justified thy sisters by all thy abominations which thou hast done.

Samaria

Luke 12:47,48 And that servant, who knew the will of his lord and prepared not himself and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. . . .

Romans 3:9-20 What then? Do we excel them? No, not so. For we have charged both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin. . . .

justified

Jeremiah 3:8-11 That because the rebellious Israel had played the harlot, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce: yet her treacherous sister Juda was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself. . . .

Matthew 12:41,42 The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas here. . . .

Context
Judgment on Jerusalem
50And they were lifted up, and committed abominations before me: and I took them away as thou hast seen. 51And Samaria committed not half thy sins: but thou hast surpassed them with thy crimes, and hast justified thy sisters by all thy abominations which thou hast done.52Therefore do thou also bear thy confusion, thou that hast surpassed thy sisters with thy sins, 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.…
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But Samaria
וְשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן (wə·šō·mə·rō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8111: Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel

did not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

commit
חָטָ֑אָה (ḥā·ṭā·’āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

half
כַּחֲצִ֥י (ka·ḥă·ṣî)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2677: The half, middle

the sins you did.
חַטֹּאתַ֖יִךְ (ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯa·yiḵ)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender

You have multiplied
וַתַּרְבִּ֤י (wat·tar·bî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great

your abominations
תּוֹעֲבוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ (tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯa·yiḵ)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol

beyond theirs,
מֵהֵ֔נָּה (mê·hên·nāh)
Preposition | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2007: Themselves

and all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the abominations
תּוֹעֲבוֹתַ֖יִךְ (tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯa·yiḵ)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol

you have committed
עָשִֽׂית׃ (‘ā·śîṯ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

have made your sisters
אֲחוֹתַ֔יִךְ (’ă·ḥō·w·ṯa·yiḵ)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 269: Sister -- a sister

appear righteous.
וַתְּצַדְּקִי֙ (wat·tə·ṣad·də·qî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6663: To be just or righteous


Additional Translations
But 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.Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters in all your abominations which you have done.

Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done.

Also Samaria has not sinned according to half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine iniquities beyond them, and thou hast justified thy sisters in all thine iniquities which thou hast committed.

And Samaria hath not sinned according to the half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done.

Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done.

Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thy abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thy abominations which thou hast done.

Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all your abominations which you have done.

As to Samaria, as the half of thy sins -- she hath not sinned, And thou dost multiply thine abominations more than they, And dost justify thy sisters by all thy abominations that thou hast done.
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