Reference

Ezekiel 16:50

And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
48

As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

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.

51

Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

52

Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

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Destruction / Perishing Language
Semantic Discovery
70% relevance

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Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse states that "I took them away," which is a general statement of removal and does not explicitly use any of the specific "destruction/perishing" terms listed in the theme definition. The act of taking away, while implying removal, does not inherently specify the manner or finality of that removal as destruction.