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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.
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Making Evil Look Righteous
All the commentators agree that when God says Judah “justified” her sisters (Sodom and Samaria), it doesn't mean she approved of their actions. Instead, Judah’s own sins had become so numerous and vile that, by comparison, they made the wickedness of Sodom and Samaria seem less severe, almost righteous.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Justified your sisters - Made them appear just in comparison with you.
19th Century
Anglican
You have justified your sisters. —The same expression is repeated in the following verse. In both it is evidently used in…
16th Century
Protestant
God now pronounces the same thing concerning Samaria, whom he had formerly called the younger sister. By Samaria, as we said, he means the Israelit…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins The sins of Samaria, or the ten tribes, of which Samaria was the met…
In this chapter, God's dealings with the Jewish nation and their conduct toward Him are described, along with their punishment through the surround…
