The Sin of Sodom
November 28, 2015 Question: “Doesn’t Ezekiel 16:49 make it clear that the sin of Sodom was inhospitality rather than homosexuality?” Actually, no, it doesn’t. Here is what Ezekiel 16:49 says: “Behold …More
November 28, 2015
Question: “Doesn’t Ezekiel 16:49 make it clear that the sin of Sodom was inhospitality rather than homosexuality?”
Actually, no, it doesn’t. Here is what Ezekiel 16:49 says:
“Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”
Which if that was all that the Bible had to say on the subject, would provide some basis for the assumption behind this question. However, let’s look at the very next verse:
“And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good” (Ezekiel 16:50).
The word “abomination” in Hebrew is “tô‛êbah,” which was discussed in some detail in a previous article (Stump the Priest: Shrimp and Homosexuality). In every other case in the book of Ezekiel in which the singular of tô‛êbah is used, it is in reference to sexual immorality (Ezekiel 22:11; 33:26). Clearly, the …More
Question: “Doesn’t Ezekiel 16:49 make it clear that the sin of Sodom was inhospitality rather than homosexuality?”
Actually, no, it doesn’t. Here is what Ezekiel 16:49 says:
“Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”
Which if that was all that the Bible had to say on the subject, would provide some basis for the assumption behind this question. However, let’s look at the very next verse:
“And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good” (Ezekiel 16:50).
The word “abomination” in Hebrew is “tô‛êbah,” which was discussed in some detail in a previous article (Stump the Priest: Shrimp and Homosexuality). In every other case in the book of Ezekiel in which the singular of tô‛êbah is used, it is in reference to sexual immorality (Ezekiel 22:11; 33:26). Clearly, the …More
@Reesorville: I agree with you. Practiced homosexuality is not the whole of the sin of Sodom, but it would be difficult to argue that practiced homosexuality is not an important part of it.