46. Your elder sister was Samaria with her daughters to the north of you; and your younger sister was Sodom and her daughters, south of you.
47. Not only did you walk in their ways and act as abominably as they did, but in a very short time you became more corrupt in all your ways than they were.
48. As I live—oracle of the Lord God—I swear that your sister Sodom with her daughters have not done the things you and your daughters have done!
49. Now look at the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters were proud, sated with food, complacent in prosperity. They did not give any help to the poor and needy.
50. Instead, they became arrogant and committed abominations before me; then, as you have seen, I removed them.
51. Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more abominable things than they did. You even made your sisters look righteous, with all the abominations you have done.
52. You, then, must bear your disgrace, for you have made a case for your sisters! Because your sins are more abominable than theirs, they seem righteous compared to you. Blush for shame, and bear the disgrace of having made your sisters appear righteous.
53. I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters—and your fortunes along with them.
54. Thus you must bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done to bring them comfort.
55. Yes, your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, Samaria and her daughters, shall return to the way they were, and you and your daughters shall return to the way you were.