Ezekiel 16:54

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.”

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BSBPD

“So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“that thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be ashamed because of all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“So that thou dost bear thy shame, And hast been ashamed of all that thou hast done, In thy comforting them.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 16:54 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Jeremiah 2:26As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
  2. Ezekiel 5:7Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’
  3. Ezekiel 14:22Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
  4. Ezekiel 16:52So 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.
  5. Ezekiel 16:63so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
  6. Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.

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