Ezekiel 16:46 - Exposition

No very adequate reason appears for the assignment of the respective ages of the two sisters. Historically, Sodom, as the oldest representative of evil, would have seemed to claim precedence. Samaria may have had this position assigned to it as more closely connected with Judah. The left and right hands indicate respectively a position to the north and south of Jerusalem, the observer of the heavens looking east, as, we may note, the temple did ( Ezekiel 8:16 ). The comparison with Samaria is developed more fully in Ezekiel 23:1-49 . The daughters are, as elsewhere, the cities dependent on Sodom and Samaria respectively.