Text: Ezekiel 16:53-57
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 29:23
Subject: Jerusalem worse than Sodom
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Ezekiel 16:53-57 extends the Sodom comparison by promising that when God restores the fortunes of Sodom and Samaria, Jerusalem will bear her own shame. Deuteronomy 29:23 established Sodom's overthrow (מַהְפֵּכַת, mahpekat) as the benchmark of divine devastation, a warning to future generations about covenant violation. Ezekiel's extended oracle turns this benchmark against Jerusalem: the city that should have learned from Sodom's example instead became worse than her "sister" (16:48), and her own name became a byword (שְׁמוּעָה, shemu'ah) among the surrounding nations. The passage shows that covenant privilege intensifies rather than mitigates covenant accountability.