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Ezekiel 16:53

in Ezekiel 16

But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;

KJV

When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:

This verse in Ezekiel 16

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
A denunciation of hopeless ruin. When Sodom shall be rebuilt and shall flourish, when Samaria shall be again a mighty people, then, but not until then, shall Jerusalem be restored.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 10:2 · Written before 253.

proposed

Anger is something other than God himself, so that it is never part of him, nor does he share in it in any way.

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 53, 54.) And I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore your own fortune among them, so that you may bear your shame and be confounded in everything you have done, consoling them.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

When I shall bring again their captivity,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The sense here thus is, Thou shalt be restored when Sodom and Samaria are, but not till then (Eze 16:55), that is, never. This applies to the guilty who should be utterly destroyed (Eze 16:41, 42); but it does not contradict the subsequent promise of restoration to their posterity (Nu 14:29-33), and to the elect remnant of grace [CALVIN].

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְשַׁבְתִּי֙and I will turn back

    veshavtiH7725 →1056 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • שְׁבִ֣יתְהֶ֔ןcaptivity their

    shevitehenH7622 →32 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • שְׁב֤וּת[the] captivity of

    shevitH7622 →32 times

  • סְדֹם֙Sodom

    sedomH5467 →39 times

  • וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָand daughters her

    uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • שְׁב֥וּת[the] captivity of

    shevitH7622 →32 times

  • שֹׁמְר֖וֹןSamaria

    shomeronH8111 →109 times

  • וּבְנוֹתֶ֑יהָand daughters her

    uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times

  • וּשְׁב֥וּתand [the] captivity of

    ushevitH7622 →32 times

  • שְׁבִיתַ֖יִךְcaptivities your

    shevitayikhH7622 →32 times

  • בְּתוֹכָֽהְנָה׃in midst of them

    betokhahenahH8432 →418 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 12:16

    And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 4:2

      and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”

    • Zephaniah 1:5

      those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,

    • Joshua 23:7

      So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or…

  • Through

    Psalms 14:7

    Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

    it leads to

    • Psalms 53:6

      Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

  • Through

    Ezekiel 39:25

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 34:13

      I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in…

    • Isaiah 27:12–13

      In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 29:14

    I will restore Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 30:14

      I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.

    • Isaiah 11:11

      On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and…

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 10:2.