Ezekiel 16:44
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 16 connects to 10 cross-references. The extended allegory of the unfaithful wife: Jerusalem is like an abandoned infant rescued, raised to beauty, and betrothed by God, who then prostituted herself to every nation worse than Samaria or Sodom. Yet God will remember the covenant made …
Other Translations
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother--her daughter!
See, in every common saying about you it will be said, As the mother is, so is her daughter.
Cross References
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to …
But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed …
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified …
And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before …
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and …
As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, …
Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, …
And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; …