Ezekiel 16:50Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And they were lifted up, and committed abominations before me: and I took them away as thou hast seen.
Douay-Rheims

וַֽתִּגְבְּהֶ֔ינָה וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה תוֹעֵבָ֖ה לְפָנָ֑י וָאָסִ֥יר אֶתְהֶ֖ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִֽיתִי׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

After indulging in a plethora of possessions, they succumbed to pride and haughtiness, reveling in their pleasures while looking down upon those in need. Consequently, they descended into complete moral decay and faced a retribution fitting for their sinful actions.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Gen 18:20And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.
Gen 19:5And they called Lot, and said to him: Where are the men that came in to thee at night? bring them out hither, that we may know them:
Gen 13:13And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord beyond measure.
Gen 19:24And the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
Prov 18:12Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.
Deut 23:17There shall be no whore among the daughters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of Israel.
Rev 18:9And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived in delicacies with her, shall weep and bewail themselves over her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning:
Rom 1:26For this cause, God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature.