Ezekiel 23:11
Arabic 2016 (الكِتاب المُقَدَّس: التَّرْجَمَةُ العَرَبِيَّةُ المُبَسَّطَةُ)
ما معنى هذا؟
This verse from Ezekiel describes how Aholibah became even more corrupt and sinful than her sister. The speaker is God, using these sisters as metaphors for two sinful cities, Samaria and Jerusalem. The key message is about the depth of corruption and how one can exceed another in sinfulness.
شرح للأطفال
Imagine you have two sisters who both love candy. One sister starts eating a lot of candy, but her sister sees her and decides to eat even more. This verse is like saying the second sister ate even more candy than the first one.
السياق التاريخي
Ezekiel wrote this during the Babylonian exile, around the 6th century BCE. The audience was the Israelites who were taken into exile. The cultural setting was one of judgment and punishment for the sins of the people.
التطبيق اليوم
In modern times, this verse can be applied to situations where one sees someone else doing something wrong and decides to do it even worse. For example, if a friend starts cheating on tests, another friend might decide to cheat even more.