Do you see "homosexuality" mentioned in this Bible verse?

Question

It's like "Where's Waldo?" for the Bible.

Ezekiel 16:49-50:
"Now this was the sin of Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy."

For any who said God would never destroy a city for being arrogant, but rather he did so because he hates gays, my question is this:

What does this Bible verse mean?

My second question is: How often have you fed the poor and needy this week?

High Flyer, all you have shown is that they were arrogant and inhospitable enough to rape visitors....so you're apparently agreeing with Ezekiel?

Summer Breeze, I hate to nitpick, but the KJV is so "accurate" that it translates "bull" as "unicorn". Now, have you ever seen a unicorn? I sure haven't.

Answer 1

The reason God destroyed Sodom was because of what is stated in those verses.

However, in Genesis we see that the men of Sodom wanted to rape two or three men (because they wanted to attack Lot, too, when he was defending his guests), that is the reason sometimes people relate it to homosexuality.

Answer 2

Yes, the Bible has plenty of places in which homosexuality are condemned. Now proving that the Bible is the inspired word of God – that’s a different matter. And if it is not, then all the Bible verses that condemn homosexuality are not worth the paper they’re printed on.

Summer Breeze – It looks like she is quoting from the NIV. As far as the KJV is concerned, while it was an excellent translation FOR ITS DAY, it has its problems (as do all versions) and simply is not, as you claim, “the most accurate version to the original text”.

Answer 3

Yes, Sodom had become arrogant, overfed, and unconcerned, and all the rest of it.
That's why the men of the city thought they could come to Lot's house and demand to be allowed to rape his guests.
How discourteous is that?
Of course, they probably didn't realize that Lot's guests were actually angels who had been sent to destroy them for their wickedness....

Yes, I have helped the poor and needy often.

Answer 4

Ezekiel 16 starts our by saying,

1 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

There are several scriptures in the Bible that refer to Jerusalem as Sodom.

God has said that He would deal more harshly with Jerusalem than He did with Sodom if they did not turn from their wickedness.

Here are the facts on Sodom and Gomorrah from Jude

7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

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Answer 5

Second question first. I haven't done anything for the poor or needy this week that I can think of. First question .. I don't know the Bible very well .. I keep hearing about some line that says that if a man lay down with another man it is an abomination. Not that I personally believe that .. just trying to answer your question. Good Luck ! :)

Answer 6

You're leaving out the other city that got destroyed by God for their disobedience and revelling in their sin: Gomorrah.

Secondly, I don't know what version of the bible you're quoting from, but it is very inaccurate and many important words were left out. You also left out one verse (50). Here are the verses from the KJV, the most accurate version to the original text: 49 - Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 - And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Look to Genesis 19 for a more accurate description:

The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. "My lords," he said, "please turn aside to your servant's house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning."

"No," they answered, "we will spend the night in the square."
But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."

As to your second question, once a month.

As to your repost, I do agree. The men of Sodom were as inhospitable as Ezekiel says.

Now to fully answer your first question, let's back up to Genesis 18:

"The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground." – Genesis 18:1,2

So we have God and two angels, all in human male form. Later, it's these two angels who go to Sodom. So would you agree that the desires of the city's men to gang rape the two angels is of a homosexual nature?

Answer 9

The fanatical obsession with homosexuals in Christianity is somewhat bizarre I agree. It does seem to me that it's such a shame to waste so much time persecuting people when you could be setting a good example by helping those in need. A point made all the more sad when you consider that Christian groups threaten boycotts of any corporation that contributes to gay charities.

Answer 10

This Bible verse means that Judah is compared to Samaria and Sodom, whose judgments for sin were great. Judah was more corrupt, multiplied Samaria's and Sodom's sin and committed more abominable sin.