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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 16:50 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 16:50 |
King James |
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
haughty--puffed up with prosperity.
abomination before me--"sinners before the Lord" (Gen 13:13); said of those whose sin is so heinous as to cry out to God for immediate judgments; presumptuous sins, daring God to the face (Gen 18:20; Gen 19:5).
I took them away-- (Gen 19:24).
as I saw good--rather, "according to what I saw"; referring to Gen 18:21, where God says, "I will go down, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it which is come unto Me." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| As I saw good - Or, "as soon as I saw it." Omit "good." God saw and punished. Compare Gen 18:21. |
21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.