Ezekiel 16:53

When therefore I bring back their captivity, The captivity of Sodom and her daughters, And the captivity of Samaria and her daughters Then will I bring back thy captivities in their midst:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

52Thou also bear thine own reproach, which thou didst adjudge to thy sisters, by thy sins in which thou wast more abominable than they, thou didst make them appear more righteous than thou,— Thou also, therefore turn thou pale and bear thine own reproach, for making thy sisters appear righteous!

54That thou mayest bear thine own reproach, And take to thyself reproach because of all that thou didst in comforting them.

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Cross References

Psalms 14:7Oh that, out of Zion, were granted the salvation of Israel! When Yahweh bringeth back the captives of his people, Jacob, shall exult, Israel, be glad.

Psalms 126:1When Yahweh brought back the captives of Zion, we were like them who dream:

Isaiah 19:24In that day, shall, Israel, be, a third, with Egypt and with Assyria,—A blessing in the midst of the earth:

Jeremiah 20:16Making him very glad: Yea let that man be—as the cities which Yahweh overthrew and repented not,—And let him hear An outcry in the morning, and A war-shout at broad noon!

Jeremiah 46:27Thou, therefore, do not fear, O my Servant Jacob Nor be dismayed O Israel, For behold me! Saving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity,—So shall Jacob return and be quiet and shall rest, With none to occasion alarm.

Jeremiah 49:6But afterwards, will I bring back the captivity of the sons of Ammon, Declareth Yahweh.

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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