Ezekiel - 16:54

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54 that you may bear your own shame, and may be ashamed because of all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 16:54.

Differing Translations

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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.
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.
That thou mayest bear thy shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, comforting them.
that thou mayest bear thy confusion, and mayest be confounded for all that thou hast done, in that thou comfortest them.
So that thou dost bear thy shame, And hast been ashamed of all that thou hast done, In thy comforting them.
That you may bear your own shame, and may be confounded in all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them.
So that you will be shamed and made low because of all you have done, when I have mercy on you.
So may you bear your disgrace and be confounded over all that you have done, consoling them.
Ut portes probrum tuum, et pudefias ab omnibus quae fecisti, consolando ipsas.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Hence we gather from the last verse, that God gave the Jews no hope of safety, but rather confirms their utter destruction, so that no future safety was to be hoped for. For he says, that you may bear thy reproach and become ashamed, namely, because they had sinned grievously, as I have said before, and had not repented of their wickedness. He adds, in consoling them. He speaks after the ordinary manner of men, since the miserable feel some consolation in seeing themselves perish among a great multitude. This then is the consolation of which the Prophet speaks, not that the sorrow of Sodom and Samaria was mitigated when they saw the Jews joined to themselves, but, as I have said, God adopts the common language of men. It follows --

Thou art a comfort unto them - The degradation of Judah would be a kind of consolation to others. Compare Isaiah. 14.

That thou mayest bear thy own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a (f) comfort to them.
(f) In that you have shown yourself worse than they and yet thought to escape punishment.

That thou mayest bear thine own shame,.... So long as the captivity remains; even until Sodom and Samaria, the Gentiles, and the ten tribes, are called and converted:
and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done; or, "for all that thou hast done" (e); for and because of all the abominable sins they had been guilty of:
in that thou art a comfort to them; to Sodom and Samaria; countenancing them in their sins; justifying their iniquities, and strengthening their hands in their wickedness, by doing the same, and greater abominations; or in partaking of the same punishment with them, captivity; this being a kind of solace to them, that they were not punished alone; so Jarchi.
(e) "propter omnia quae fecisti", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator.

bear thine own shame--by being put on a level with those whom thou hast so much despised.
thou art a comfort unto them--since they see thee as miserable as themselves. It is a kind of melancholy "comfort" to those chastised to see others as sorely punished as themselves (Ezekiel 14:22-23).

A comfort - Encouraging sinners like those of Sodom and Samaria.

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