- Bible
- Ezekiel
- Chapter 16
- Verse 55
Ezekiel 16:55
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.
My Notes
Commentary
Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.
Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth,.... Or, "was not for a hearing", or "a report, in thy mouth" (g); the destruction of Sodom, though it was such an awful judgment of God, so…
The prophet here further shows Jerusalem her abominations, by comparing her with those places that had gone before her, and showing that she was worse than any of them, and therefore should, like…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
When thy sisters Better: and thy sisters … and thou and thy daughters. In this idea of the restoration of Israel's heathen neighbours to their own land after being plucked up out of it Ezekiel as…