46. 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 :- , 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. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-47" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
- part_of
pericope/per-ezk-16-007
절 (explains)
Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological