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"You became more corrupt"

Text: Ezekiel 16:47

TWO SISTERS COMPARED

Israel and Judah were described as two sisters. Both sisters had similar sinful problems. Both were soundly rebuked by the Lord.

“Your elder sister is Samaria,
who dwells with her daughters to the north of you;
and your younger sister, who dwells to the south of you,
is Sodom and her daughters.
You did not walk in their ways nor act according to their abominations;
but, as if that were too little,
you became more corrupt than they in all your ways.”
Ezekiel 16:46-47

1. The elder sister.

a) Samaria was the capital of the Northern kingdom.

b) Samaria was used to represent the nation of Israel.

2. The younger sister.

a) This was Judah, the Southern kingdom.

b) The capital was Jerusalem but the city was not named.

c) Instead, it was called “Sodom”.

d) The children of Israel (daughters) were like their mother!

3. A very strong rebuke of Israel.

a) Israel had become idolatrous in the reign of Jeroboam I.

b) The land was full of abominations.

c) Jeroboam worshipped a golden calf.

d) He promoted idolatry on a very large scale.

e) The Lord sent many prophets to rebuke Israel but they were rejected.

4. Judah was worse in comparison.

a) Judah did not just copy the idolatrous ways of Israel.

b) It became even more corrupt than Israel!

c) The use of the word “Sodom” to describe Judah has sinister implications.