Ezekiel 16:53

However, some day I will cause the people of Sodom and Samaria and the cities near to them [MET] to prosper again. And I will cause you to prosper again, too.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

52Your sins are worse than their sins, so they seem to be less wicked than you are. So I will punish you more than I punished them. As a result, you will be ashamed and disgraced [DOU].

54You will be very ashamed [DOU] of the wicked things that you have done, and that will cause the people of those cities to be encouraged.

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Cross References

Psalms 14:7I wish/desire that Yahweh would come from Jerusalem [MTY] and rescue us Israeli people! Yahweh, when you bless your people again, all of us Israeli people, who are the descendants of Jacob, will rejoice.

Psalms 126:1When Yahweh brought us Israeli people back to Jerusalem (OR, enabled us Israelis to prosper again), it was wonderful; it seemed as though [SIM] we were dreaming.

Isaiah 19:24And Israel will be their ally. All three nations will be friendly to each other, and the people of Israel will be a blessing to the people of the entire world.

Jeremiah 20:16Allow him to be destroyed like the cities that Yahweh destroyed long ago, without acting mercifully toward them. Cause that man to hear the people wailing in the morning, and to hear the enemy soldiers shout their battle cries at noon.

Jeremiah 46:27But you people of Israel who serve me, do not be at all dismayed [DOU] now, because some day I will bring you back from distant places; I will bring your descendants from the land to which they were exiled. Then you Israeli people will again live peacefully and safely, and there will not be any nation to cause you to be terrified.

Jeremiah 49:6But some day I will enable the Ammon people-group to return to their land. That will surely happen, because I, Yahweh, have said it.”

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 16:45-60

The Wickedness of Jerusalem; Punishment of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 593.) 44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. 45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy… Read the whole commentary →

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