Ezekiel 16:54
New International Version
so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in giving them comfort.

New Living Translation
Then you will be truly ashamed of everything you have done, for your sins make them feel good in comparison.

English Standard Version
that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all that you have done, becoming a consolation to them.

Berean Standard Bible
So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
that you may bear your own shame and be disgraced by all that you did when you comforted them.

New American Standard Bible
so that you will bear your disgrace and feel ashamed for all that you have done when you become a consolation to them.

NASB 1995
in order that you may bear your humiliation and feel ashamed for all that you have done when you become a consolation to them.

NASB 1977
in order that you may bear your humiliation, and feel ashamed for all that you have done when you become a consolation to them.

Legacy Standard Bible
in order that you may bear your dishonor and feel dishonor for all that you have done when you become a comfort to them.

Amplified Bible
so that you [Judah] will bear your humiliation and disgrace, and be [thoroughly] ashamed for all [the wickedness] that you have done to console and comfort them.

Christian Standard Bible
so you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did when you comforted them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did when you comforted them.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
That you will bear shame, and you will be ashamed in all the things that you have done to anger me

Brenton Septuagint Translation
that thou mayest bear thy punishment, and be dishonoured for all that thou hast done in provoking me to anger.

Contemporary English Version
Then you will be ashamed of how you've acted, and Sodom and Samaria will be relieved that they weren't as sinful as you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That thou mayest bear thy shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, comforting them.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will have to suffer disgrace and be ashamed of everything you have done, including comforting them.

Good News Translation
You will be ashamed of yourself, and your disgrace will show your sisters how well-off they are.

International Standard Version
But you'll continue to bear your own reproach and be humiliated for everything that you've done. You'll be a comfort to them.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
So that you bear your shame, | And have been ashamed of all that you have done, | In your comforting them.

Majority Standard Bible
So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.

New American Bible
Thus you must bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done to bring them comfort.

NET Bible
so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in consoling them.

New Revised Standard Version
in order that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all that you have done, becoming a consolation to them.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
That thou mayest bear thy own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort to them.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
So that thou dost bear thy shame, And hast been ashamed of all that thou hast done, In thy comforting them.

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Context
Judgment on Jerusalem
53But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them. 54So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them. 55And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 2:26
As 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

Ezekiel 14:22
Yet, 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.

Ezekiel 14:23
They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,' declares the Lord GOD."

Ezekiel 16:53
But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.

Ezekiel 16:55
And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.

Ezekiel 32:24
Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword--those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

thou mayest

Ezekiel 16:52,63
Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters…

Ezekiel 36:31,32
Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations…

Jeremiah 2:26
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,

in that

Ezekiel 14:22,23
Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it…

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Ezekiel 16
1. Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem
6. God's extraordinary love toward her,
15. Her grievous judgment
35. Her sin, equal to her mother,
46. and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria,
59. calls for judgments
60. Mercy is promised her in the end














(54) Art a comfort unto them.--Compare what was said of justifying them in Ezekiel 16:51-52. The greater sin of Judah became a comfort by throwing their own evil into the shade.

Verse 54. - Even in that restoration, however, there should be a further clement of humiliation. Judah should be a comfort (see Ezekiel 14:22) to those who should see her placed lower than themselves, content, at last, to lake the lowest place, humbling herself that she might be (ver. 61) afterwards exalted.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So
לְמַ֙עַן֙ (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

you will bear
תִּשְׂאִ֣י (tiś·’î)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

your disgrace
כְלִמָּתֵ֔ךְ (ḵə·lim·mā·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 3639: Insult, reproach, ignominy

and be ashamed
וְנִכְלַ֕מְתְּ‪‬ (wə·niḵ·lamt)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 3637: To wound, to taunt, insult

of all
מִכֹּ֖ל (mik·kōl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

you did
עָשִׂ֑ית (‘ā·śîṯ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to comfort them.
בְּנַחֲמֵ֖ךְ (bə·na·ḥă·mêḵ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge


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