16:56 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned {h} by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
(h) You would not call her punishment to mind when you were aloft, to learn by her example to fear my judgments.
16:56 Not mentioned - The sins of Sodom, and her plagues, were not minded or mentioned by thee.
16:1-58 In this chapter God's dealings with the Jewish nation, and their conduct towards him, are described, and their punishment through the surrounding nations, even those they most trusted in. This is done under the parable of an exposed infant rescued from death, educated, espoused, and richly provided for, but afterwards guilty of the most abandoned conduct, and punished for it; yet at last received into favour, and ashamed of her base conduct. We are not to judge of these expressions by modern ideas, but by those of the times and places in which they were used, where many of them would not sound as they do to us. The design was to raise hatred to idolatry, and such a parable was well suited for that purpose.
