Ezekiel 16:50

“And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.”

"And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good." - Ezekiel 16:50
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What does Ezekiel 16:50 mean?

Ezekiel 16:50 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good." This verse is a part of a larger passage in the book of Ezekiel that is often referred to as the "allegory of the…

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The Perils of Haughtiness: Lessons from Sodom and Gomorrah

Ezekiel 16:50 speaks a haunting truth: "And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good." This powerful verse strips away pretense and forces us to confront the grave consequences of pride and disobedience before God. In this…

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A Prayer for Humility and Righteousness

O Mighty God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, As I come before You today, I am reminded of the weight of Your words spoken through the prophet Ezekiel, where You warned of pride and abomination, saying, "And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took…

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Ezekiel 16:50 - "And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good."
Numbers 16:50 - "And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed."
Genesis 50:16 - "And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,"
Psalms 50:16 - "But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?"
"And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed." - Numbers 16:50
Jeremiah 50:16 - "Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land."
Ezekiel 16:35 - "¶ Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:"
Ezekiel 36:16 - "¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 16:2 - "Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,"
Ezekiel 16:1 - "Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 45:16 - "All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel."
"And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying," - Genesis 50:16
Ezekiel 16:56 - "For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,"
Ezekiel 39:16 - "And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land."
Ezekiel 16:32 - "But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!"
Ezekiel 16:58 - "Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD."
Ezekiel 16:16 - "And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so."
Ezekiel 40:29 - "And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad."
Ezekiel 43:16 - "And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof."
Ezekiel 3:16 - "And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 16:62 - "And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD:"
Ezekiel 16:23 - "And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)"
Ezekiel 21:16 - "Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set."
Ezekiel 16:21 - "That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?"
Ezekiel 42:16 - "He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about."
Ezekiel 16:12 - "And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head."
"¶ Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:" - Ezekiel 16:35
Ezekiel 20:16 - "Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols."
Ezekiel 47:16 - "Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran."