Ezekiel 16:52
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Therefore do thou also bear thy confusion, thou that hast surpassed thy sisters with thy sins, doing more wickedly than they: for they are justified above thee, therefore be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, thou that hast justified thy sisters.

which hast

Ezekiel 16:56 And Sodom thy sister was not heard of in thy mouth, in the day of thy pride,

Matthew 7:1-5 Judge not, that you may not be judged. . . .

Luke 6:37 Judge not: and you shall not be judged. Condemn not: and you shall not be condemned. Forgive: and you shall be forgiven.

Romans 2:1,10,26,27 Wherefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest. For wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself. For thou dost the same things which thou judgest. . . .

bear thine

Ezekiel 16:54,63 That thou mayest bear thy shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, comforting them. . . .

Ezekiel 36:6,7,15,31,32 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the ridges, and to the valleys: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I have spoken in my zeal, and in my indignation, because you have borne the shame of the Gentiles. . . .

Ezekiel 39:26 And they shall bear their confusion, and all the transgressions wherewith they have transgressed against me, when they shall dwell in their land securely fearing no man:

Ezekiel 44:13 And they shall not come near to me, to do the office of priest to me, neither shall they come near to any of my holy things that are by the holy of holies: but they shall bear their shame, and their wickednesses which they have committed.

Jeremiah 23:40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame which shall never be forgotten.

Jeremiah 31:19 For after thou didst convert me, I did penance: and after thou didst shew unto me, I struck my thigh: I am confounded and ashamed, because I have borne the reproach of my youth.

Jeremiah 51:51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: because strangers are come upon the sanctuaries of the house of the Lord.

Hosea 10:6 For itself also is carried into Assyria, a present to the avenging king: shame shall fall upon Ephraim, and Israel shall be confounded in his own will.

Romans 1:32 Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death: and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them.

Romans 6:21 What fruit therefore had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death.

they are more

Genesis 38:26 But he acknowledging the gifts, said: She is juster than I: because I did not give her to Sela, my son. However he knew her no more.

1 Samuel 24:17 And he said to David: Thou art more just than I: for thou hast done good to me, and I have rewarded thee with evil.

1 Kings 2:32 And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head; because he murdered two men, just and better than himself: and slew them with the sword, my father, David, not knowing it; Abner, the son of Ner, general of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether general of the army of Juda;

Context
Judgment on Jerusalem
51And Samaria committed not half thy sins: but thou hast surpassed them with thy crimes, and hast justified thy sisters by all thy abominations which thou hast done. 52Therefore do thou also bear thy confusion, thou that hast surpassed thy sisters with thy sins, doing more wickedly than they: for they are justified above thee, therefore be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, thou that hast justified thy sisters.53And I will bring back and restore them by bringing back Sodom, with her daughters, and by bringing back Samaria, and her daughters: and I will bring those that return of thee in the midst of them.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 3:11
And the Lord said to me: The rebellious Israel hath justified her soul, in comparison of the treacherous Juda.

Ezekiel 16:47
But neither hast thou walked in their ways, nor hast thou done a little less than they according to their wickednesses: thou hast done almost more wicked things than they in all thy ways.

Ezekiel 16:48
As I live, saith the Lord God, thy sister Sodom herself, and her daughters, have not done as thou hast done, and thy daughters.

Ezekiel 16:53
And I will bring back and restore them by bringing back Sodom, with her daughters, and by bringing back Samaria, and her daughters: and I will bring those that return of thee in the midst of them.

Ezekiel 32:24
There is Elam and all his multitude round about his grave, all of them slain, and fallen by the sword; that went down uncircumcised to the lowest parts of the earth: that caused their terror in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with them that go down into the pit.

Lexicon
So now
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

you
אַ֣תְּ ׀ (’at)
Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

must bear
שְׂאִ֣י (śə·’î)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

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

since
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you have brought justification
פִּלַּלְתְּ֙ (pil·lalt)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6419: To judge, to intercede, pray

for your sisters.
לַֽאֲחוֹתֵ֔ךְ (la·’ă·ḥō·w·ṯêḵ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 269: Sister -- a sister

For they appear more righteous
תִּצְדַּ֣קְנָה (tiṣ·daq·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6663: To be just or righteous

than you,
מִמֵּ֑ךְ (mim·mêḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

because your sins
בְּחַטֹּאתַ֛יִךְ (bə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯa·yiḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender

were more vile
הִתְעַ֥בְתְּ (hiṯ·‘aḇt)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8581: To loathe, detest

than theirs.
מֵהֵ֖ן (mê·hên)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2004: They

So you
אַ֥תְּ (’at)
Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

too
וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

must bear
וּשְׂאִ֣י (ū·śə·’î)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

your shame
בּ֙וֹשִׁי֙ (bō·wō·šî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed

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

since you have made your sisters
אַחְיוֹתֵֽךְ׃ (’aḥ·yō·w·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 269: Sister -- a sister

appear righteous.
בְּצַדֶּקְתֵּ֖ךְ (bə·ṣad·deq·têḵ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6663: To be just or righteous


Additional Translations
So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.You also, which have judged your sisters, bear your own shame for your sins that you have committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than you: yes, be you confounded also, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters.

Thou also, bear thou thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous that thou: yea, be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Thou therefore bear thy punishment, for that thou hast corrupted thy sisters by thy sins which thou hast committed beyond them; and thou hast made them appear more righteous than thyself: thou therefore be ashamed, and bear thy dishonour, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Thou also, who hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own confusion, because of thy sins in which thou hast acted more abominably than they: they are more righteous than thou. So be thou ashamed also, and bear thy confusion, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Thou also, bear thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Thou also, who hast judged thy sisters, bear thy own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yes, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

You also, bear you your own shame, in that you have given judgment for your sisters; through your sins that you have committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous that you: yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters.

Thou also -- bear thy shame, That thou hast adjudged to thy sisters, Because of thy sins that thou hast done more abominably than they, They are more righteous than thou, And thou, also, be ashamed and bear thy shame, In thy justifying thy sisters.
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