 | John D. Rayner - Religion - 1997 - 260 pages
...was the iniquity of your sister Sodom; pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her hand and in her daughters', neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy' (Ezek. 16:49). Taking their cue from that verse, the Rabbis, in Midrash after Midrash, describe how... | |
 | Ian McCormick - English literature - 1997 - 276 pages
...of evil: and do thou Lord be merciful unto our sin for it is great. Behold this was the Iniquity of Sodom, Pride, Fullness of Bread, and abundance of Idleness, was in her and her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hands of the poor and needy: and have not these nations... | |
 | Malcolm Potts, Roger Short - Psychology - 1999 - 372 pages
...described by Ezekiel (16:49-50): 'Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters ... And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me.' In the Genesis account of the myth,... | |
 | Bruce MacDougall - Law - 2000 - 378 pages
...found in the Bible in Ezekiel 16:49: 'Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and...did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.' See Dynes, ed., Encyclopedia of Homosexuality, vol. 1, 'Aristocratic Vice, Homosexuality as/ 74. 109... | |
 | Jacob Neusner, Noam M. M. Neusner - Religion - 2001 - 334 pages
...sister has not done ... as you have done .... Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom . . . neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy, and they were haughty'" (Ezek. 16:48-50). Along these same lines, Scripture says, "[And Lot lifted up his eyes and behold,... | |
 | Jesús Tronch-Pérez, Jesús Tronch - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2002 - 416 pages
...extreme unction)" (Onions), "coarsely, rudely" (Schmidt). full of bread Malone recalls Ezekiel xvi. 49 'Behold this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom,...pride, fullness of bread and abundance of idleness'. 2357 broad blown «ln bloom» (ppl. u-). flush / fresh Q2's variant carries the idea of «Full of life... | |
 | Richard H. Schwartz - Judaism and social problems - 2002 - 284 pages
...funds.) According to the prophet Ezekiel, failure to help the needy led to the destruction of Sodom: Behold this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pride, fullness of bread, and careless ease ... neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy ... therefore I removed... | |
 | Yoel Natan - Religion - 2003 - 395 pages
...ßEHOLD, THIS WAS THE INIQUITY OF YOUR SISTER SODOM; PRIDE, FULLNESS OF BREAD, AND PROSPEROUS EASE WAS IN HER AND IN HER DAUGHTERS; NEITHER DID SHE STRENGTHEN THE HAND OF THE POOR AND NEEDY. — ^^ THEY WERE HAUGHTY, AND COMMITTED ABOMINATION BEFORE ME [F]; THEREFORE I [F] TOOK THEM AWAY AS... | |
 | Richard Malim - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 380 pages
...only verse marked between Chapters three and sixteen. Verse 49 reads: Beholde, this was the iniquite of thy sister Sodom, Pride, fullness of bread: and...daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poore and nedie (author's italics). This, echoed in 'A took my father grossly, full of bread', is seen... | |
 | Evan Wolfson - Law - 2007 - 258 pages
...singling out gay people for discrimination, or even about sex. For example, Ezekiel 16:48-49 explains, "Behold this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom,...of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and the needy." This and other biblical... | |
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Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 
