⁴⁶ Your older sister^(A) was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom.^(B)

⁴ The older was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. They were mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.^(A)

⁶¹ Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed^(A) when you receive your sisters, both those who are older than you and those who are younger. I will give them to you as daughters,^(B) but not on the basis of my covenant with you.

⁵³ “‘However, I will restore^(A) the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and of Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them,^{(B) 54} so that you may bear your disgrace^(C) and be ashamed of all you have done in giving them comfort. ⁵⁵ And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to what they were before; and you and your daughters will return to what you were before.^{(D) 56} You would not even mention your sister Sodom in the day of your pride,

⁵¹ Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done.^(A)

⁴⁸ As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign^(A) Lord, your sister Sodom^(B) and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.^(C)

⁴⁹ “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:^(D) She and her daughters were arrogant,^(E) overfed and unconcerned;^(F) they did not help the poor and needy.^(G)

⁸ I gave faithless Israel^(A) her certificate of divorce^(B) and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear;^(C) she also went out and committed adultery. ⁹ Because Israel’s immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land^(D) and committed adultery^(E) with stone^(F) and wood.^{(G) 10} In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return^(H) to me with all her heart, but only in pretense,^(I)” declares the Lord.^(J)

¹¹ The Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel is more righteous^(K) than unfaithful^(L) Judah.^(M)

¹⁰ Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain^(A) of the Jordan toward Zoar^(B) was well watered, like the garden of the Lord,^(C) like the land of Egypt.^(D) (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom^(E) and Gomorrah.)^{(F) 11} So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company: ¹² Abram lived in the land of Canaan,^(G) while Lot^(H) lived among the cities of the plain^(I) and pitched his tents near Sodom.^{(J) 13} Now the people of Sodom^(K) were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.^(L)

⁸ Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city^(A)—which is figuratively called Sodom^(B) and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.^(C)