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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezekiel 16:46 - 16:46
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elder sister ... Samaria - older than Sodom, to whom Judah was less nearly related by kindred than she was to Samaria. Sodom is therefore called her younger sister; Samaria, her “elder sister” [Grotius]. Samaria is called the “elder,” because in a moral respect more nearly related to Judah [Fairbairn]. Samaria had made the calves at Dan and Beth-el in imitation of the cherubim.
her daughters - the inferior towns subject to Samaria (compare Num 21:25, Margin).
left - The Orientals faced the east in marking the directions of the sky; thus the north was “left,” the south “right.”
Sodom ... daughters - Ammon and Moab, offshoots from Sodom; also the towns subject to it.