44. “All the people who talk about you will now have one more thing to say. They will say, ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
45. You are your mother’s daughter. You don’t care about your husband or your children. You are like your sister. Both of you hated your husband and your children. You are like your parents. Your mother was a Hittite and your father was an Amorite.
46. Your older sister was Samaria. She lived to the north of you with her daughters. Your younger sister was Sodom. She lived to the south of you with her daughters.
47. You did all the terrible things they did, but you also did much worse!
48. I am the Lord GOD. As I live, I swear that your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as many bad things as you and your daughters.
49. “Your sister Sodom and her daughters were proud. They had too much to eat and too much time on their hands, and they did not help poor, helpless people.
50. Sodom and her daughters became too proud and began to do terrible things in front of me. So I punished them!
51. “And Samaria did only half as many bad things as you did. You did many more terrible things than Samaria! You have done so many more terrible things than your sisters have done. Sodom and Samaria seem good compared to you.
52. So you must bear your shame. You have made your sisters look good compared to you. You have done terrible things, so you should be ashamed.