And I will bring backוְשַׁבְתִּיtheir captivity,אֶת שְׁבִיתְהֶןthe captivityאֶת שְׁבוּתof Sodomסְדֹםand her daughters,וּבְנוֹתֶיהָand the captivityוְאֶת שְׁבוּתof Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןand her daughters,וּבְנוֹתֶיהָand the captivityוּשְׁבוּתof your captivesשְׁבִיתַיִךְin their midst,בְּתוֹכָהְנָה
Ezekiel 16:53
Study it in the app“And I will bring back their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of your captives in their midst,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:53, word by word
- And I will bring backשַׁבְתִּיshavti
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “shavti” appears- their captivityשְׁבִיתְshevit
captivity, fortunes
Captivity: the condition of those taken away as prisoners far from their land. "Turn back the captivity" is to restore someone to his former state.
Where else “shevit” appears- of Sodomסְדֹםsedom
Sodom
See it on the mapWhere else “sedom” appears- and her daughtersבְנוֹתֶיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- of Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- of your captivesשְׁבִיתַיִshevitayi
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevitayi” appears- in their midstתוֹכָtocha
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appears
Translation note
“Bring back the captivity”: also understood as “restore the fortunes,” to restore.
Places in this verse
1Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
2Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
52You also, bear your disgrace, you who arbitrated for your sisters; through your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more righteous than you. So you also, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, in making your sisters appear righteous.
53 · This verse (above)
54so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all that you have done, when you become a comfort to them.