Ezekiel 16:55 And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.

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New International Version
And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to what they were before; and you and your daughters will return to what you were before.

New Living Translation
Yes, your sisters, Sodom and Samaria, and all their people will be restored, and at that time you also will be restored.

English Standard Version
As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former state, and you and your daughters shall return to your former state.

Berean Standard Bible
And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.

King James Bible
When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

New King James Version
When your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters return to their former state, then you and your daughters will return to your former state.

New American Standard Bible
Your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state, and you with your daughters will also return to your former state.

NASB 1995
“Your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state, and you with your daughters will also return to your former state.

NASB 1977
“And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state, and you with your daughters will also return to your former state.

Legacy Standard Bible
Your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state, and you with your daughters will also return to your former state.

Amplified Bible
Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters and Samaria and her daughters will return to their former state; and you and your daughters will return to your former state.

Christian Standard Bible
As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters and Samaria and her daughters will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters and Samaria and her daughters will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.

American Standard Version
And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

Contemporary English Version
When that day comes, you and Sodom and Samaria will once again be well-off, and all nearby villages will be restored.

English Revised Version
And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When Sodom and her daughters and Samaria and her daughters return to what they once were, you and your daughters will return to what you once were.

Good News Translation
They will become prosperous again, and you and your villages will also be restored.

International Standard Version
Your sister Sodom and her daughters will be restored to their former status. Samaria and her daughters will be restored to their former status. Then you and your daughters will be restored to your former status.

Majority Standard Bible
And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.

NET Bible
As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters will be restored to their former status, Samaria and her daughters will be restored to their former status, and you and your daughters will be restored to your former status.

New Heart English Bible
Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and you and your daughters shall return to your former estate.

Webster's Bible Translation
When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former state, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former state.

World English Bible
Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, will return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters will return to their former estate; and you and your daughters will return to your former estate.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, "" Return to their former state, "" And Samaria and her daughters return to their former state, "" And you and your daughters return to your former state.

Young's Literal Translation
And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, Do turn back to their former state, And Samaria and her daughters Do turn back to their former state, And thou and thy daughters do turn back to your former state.

Smith's Literal Translation
And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall turn back to their beginning, and Shomeron and her daughters shall turn back to their beginning, and thou and thy daughters shall turn back to your beginning.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thy sister Sodom and her daughters shall return to their ancient state: and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their ancient state: and thou and thy daughters shall return to your ancient state.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And your sister Sodom and her daughters will return to their ancient state. And Samaria and her daughters will return to their ancient state. And you and your daughters will be returned to your ancient state.

New American Bible
Yes, your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, Samaria and her daughters, shall return to the way they were, and you and your daughters shall return to the way you were.

New Revised Standard Version
As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former state, Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former state, and you and your daughters shall return to your former state.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
When your sister Sodom, with her daughters, shall be restored to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters shall be restored to their former state, then you and your daughters shall be restored to your former state.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And your sister Sadom and her daughters shall be established like that from former time, and Samaria and her daughters shall be established as from former time, and you and your daughters shall be as that from former time

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thy sister Sodom and her daughters shall be restored as they were at the beginning, and thou and thy daughters shall be restored as ye were at the beginning.

Additional Translations ...

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Context

Judgment on Jerusalem
…54So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them. 55And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state. 56Did you not treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn in the day of your pride,…

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Cross References

Jeremiah 31:1-6
“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.” / This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.” / The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. ...

Hosea 2:14-23
“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly. / There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt. / In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’ ...

Isaiah 1:26-27
I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.” / Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.

Zephaniah 3:19-20
Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth. / At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.

Amos 9:14-15
I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. / I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

Jeremiah 33:7-11
I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times. / And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me. / So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it. ...

Isaiah 11:11-16
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 from the islands of the sea. / He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. / Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim. ...

Joel 3:1-2
“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity, / I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.

Zechariah 10:6-12
I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them. / Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD. / I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were. ...

Romans 11:25-27
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. / And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. / And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

Acts 3:19-21
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, / that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you. / Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.

Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 21:1-5
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. / I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. / And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God. ...

Romans 9:25-26
As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” / and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

Luke 15:11-32
Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. / The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. / After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. ...

Treasury of Scripture

When your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then you and your daughters shall return to your former estate.

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Ezekiel 16:53
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:

Ezekiel 36:11
And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Malachi 3:4
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

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Ezekiel 16

1. Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem
6. God's extraordinary love toward her,
15. Her grievous judgment
35. Her sin, equal to her mother,
46. and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria,
59. calls for judgments
60. Mercy is promised her in the end

Berean Study Bible

And your sisters
The term "sisters" here is metaphorical, referring to neighboring cities or nations that share a similar fate or moral condition. In the Hebrew context, "sisters" (אֲחָיוֹת, 'achayot) often denotes a close relationship or shared identity. This phrase sets the stage for a comparison between Jerusalem and these other cities, emphasizing their shared experiences of judgment and restoration.

Sodom and her daughters
Sodom is famously known for its destruction due to its wickedness, as recounted in Genesis 19. The "daughters" of Sodom refer to the smaller towns or settlements associated with it. The mention of Sodom serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of sin but also introduces the theme of restoration, which is surprising given Sodom's notorious reputation. This highlights God's mercy and the possibility of redemption even for the most wayward.

and Samaria and her daughters
Samaria was the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which fell to the Assyrians in 722 BC due to its idolatry and disobedience. The "daughters" of Samaria similarly refer to its surrounding towns. By including Samaria, the verse underscores the shared history of sin and exile among these regions, while also pointing to a future hope of restoration.

will return to their former state
The phrase "return to their former state" (תָּשׁוּבְנָה לִקְדֻמָּתָן, tashuvnah liq'dumatan) suggests a restoration to a previous condition. In a historical and theological context, this implies a return to a state of favor or blessing before their fall. It speaks to the transformative power of God's grace, which can restore even those who have fallen far from Him.

You and your daughters
Here, "you" refers to Jerusalem, and "your daughters" to its surrounding towns. This phrase personalizes the message, directly addressing the people of Jerusalem and emphasizing their inclusion in the promise of restoration. It serves as a reminder of their shared culpability but also their shared hope.

will also return to your former state
This reiteration of restoration for Jerusalem and its towns reinforces the promise of renewal. It is a message of hope and redemption, indicating that despite their past unfaithfulness, God’s covenant love remains steadfast. Theologically, it points to the ultimate restoration found in the New Covenant through Christ, where all things are made new.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 55. - Read and for when, as in ver. 53.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

And your sisters,
וַאֲחוֹתַ֗יִךְ (wa·’ă·ḥō·w·ṯa·yiḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

Sodom
סְדֹ֤ם (sə·ḏōm)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5467: Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea

with her daughters
וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ (ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1323: A daughter

and Samaria
וְשֹֽׁמְרוֹן֙ (wə·šō·mə·rō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8111: Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel

with her daughters,
וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ (ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1323: A daughter

will return
תָּשֹׁ֣בְןָ (tā·šō·ḇə·nā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to their former state.
לְקַדְמָתָ֔ן (lə·qaḏ·mā·ṯān)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's 6927: Antiquity, former state

You
וְאַתְּ֙ (wə·’at)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

and your daughters
וּבְנוֹתַ֔יִךְ (ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯa·yiḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1323: A daughter

will also return
תָּשֹׁ֖בְןָ (tā·šō·ḇə·nā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to your former state.
לְקַדְמָתָ֑ן (lə·qaḏ·mā·ṯān)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's 6927: Antiquity, former state

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