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Ezekiel 16:46

elder sister "elder" is lit. greater, and the reference is to the greater political importance and wider territory of Samaria; as on the other hand Sodom was smaller than Judah. In estimating the quarters of the heavens the beholder faced the east, having the north on his left, &c.

her daughters i.e. subordinate towns.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 16:46. _THINE ELDER SISTER_ IS _SAMARIA, SHE AND HER DAUGHTERS_ _THAT DWELL AT THY LEFT_] It is supposed that the prophet by _Sodom_ in this place means the Israelites that dwelt beyond...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The temple looked to the east. Samaria was on its left, and Sodom on its right hand....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THINE ELDER: or, thy greater. DAUGHTERS. Put by Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia_ (App-6), for villages or neighbouring towns. YOUNGER: or, lesser....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. THINE ELDER SISTER IS SAMA...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ אֲחֹותֵ֨ךְ הַ גְּדֹולָ֤ה שֹֽׁמְרֹון֙ הִ֣יא...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And thy elder sister [is] Samaria, she and her (z) daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, [is] Sodom and her daughters. (z) That is, her citie...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And thine elder sister [is] Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, [is] Sodom and her daughters. Ver. 46. _She and her da...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters_ That is, her lesser towns. “Samaria is called the _elder_, or _greater_ sister, because it was a much larger city and kingdom, greater for power,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PUNISHMENT OF THE LORD ANNOUNCED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    YOUNGER: _ Heb._ lesser than thou...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 16:46 elder H1419 sister H269 Samaria H8111 dwells H3427 (H8802) daughters H1323 north H8040 younger H6996

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    (Ezekiel 16:43) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 16:43. “HAST FRETTED ME IN ALL THESE THINGS.” Instead of regarding their calamaties as the just punishment of their sin, they raged against the Lord. The jud...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The section on which we now enter, with its companion picture in Ezekiel 23:1; forms the most terrible, one might almost say the most repellent, part of Ezekiel's prophetic utterances. We h...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thine elder sister — The greater for power, riches, and numbers of people. Her daughters — The lesser cities of the kingdom of Israel. Thy left hand — Northward as you look toward the east. Thy younge...

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