Eze 16:44-52 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Ezek 16:44-45: 16:44-45 Jerusalem’s “parents” were a Hittite and an Amorite . Hittites and Amorites were previous occupants of Canaan who were cut off from the land because of their sins (cp. Gen 15:16 ). The pagan city of Jerusalem was captured and incorporated into Israel in David’s time (2 Sam 5:6-10 ). Jerusalem’s subsequent behavior was in keeping with her heredity.

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c2 Sam 5:6-10►

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e1 Kgs 12:28-33►

fGen 19:4-9►

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‏ Ezekiel 16:44-52

Summary for Ezek 16:44-45: 16:44-45 ^a Jerusalem’s “parents” were a Hittite and an Amorite. Hittites and Amorites were previous occupants of Canaan who were cut off from the land because of their sins (cp. Gen 15:16 ^b). The pagan city of Jerusalem was captured and incorporated into Israel in David’s time (2 Sam 5:6-10 ^c). Jerusalem’s subsequent behavior was in keeping with her heredity.
Summary for Ezek 16:46-50: 16:46-50 ^d Samaria, Jerusalem’s older (or larger) sister, had practiced deviant worship ever since Jeroboam introduced golden calves into his national shrines at Dan and Bethel (1 Kgs 12:28-33 ^e).

• Sodom, Jerusalem’s younger (or smaller) sister, was a byword for sexual sin (Gen 19:4-9 ^f) and for pride, gluttony, laziness, and neglect of the poor and needy.
Summary for Ezek 16:51-52: 16:51-52 ^g In comparison to Jerusalem, Samaria and Sodom seemed virtuous. If God had justly destroyed both of Jerusalem’s sisters for their sins, how would Jerusalem escape God’s coming wrath?