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Judgment on Jerusalem

Ezekiel 16:53

In 11 translations

BSB
But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.Or restore the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters
KJV
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:
WEB
“‘“I will reverse their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of your captives among them;
ASV
And I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;
LSV
And I have turned back [to] 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,
YLT
And I have turned back [to] their captivity, The captivity of Sodom and her daughters, And the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, And the captivity of thy captives in their midst,
DBY
And I will bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;
DRC
And I will bring back and restore them by bringing back Sodom, with her daughters, and by bringing back Samaria, and her daughters: and I will bring those that return of thee in the midst of them.
GNV
Therefore I will bring againe their captiuitie with the captiuitie of Sodom, and her daughters, and with the captiuitie of Samaria, and her daughters: euen the captiuitie of thy captiues in the middes of them,
JPS
And I will turn their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;
LXXE
And I will turn their captivity, even the captivity of Sodom and her daughters; and I will turn the captivity of Samaria and her daughters; and I will turn thy captivity in the midst of them:

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (6)
  • Leningrad Codex reads שְׁב֤יּת; read aloud (Qere) reads שְׁב֤וּת (“[the] captivity of”).
  • Written (Ketiv): שְׁבִית. Read aloud (Qere): שְׁב֤וּת (“[the] captivity of”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
  • Leningrad Codex reads שְׁב֥יּת; read aloud (Qere) reads שְׁב֥וּת (“[the] captivity of”).
  • Written (Ketiv): שְׁבִית. Read aloud (Qere): שְׁב֥וּת (“[the] captivity of”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
  • Leningrad Codex reads וּשְׁב֥יּת; read aloud (Qere) reads וּשְׁב֥וּת (“and [the] captivity of”).
  • Written (Ketiv): וּשְׁבִית. Read aloud (Qere): וּשְׁב֥וּת (“and [the] captivity of”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְשַׁבְתִּי֙ אֶת־שְׁבִ֣יתְהֶ֔ן אֶת־שבית סְדֹם֙ וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְאֶת־שבית שֹׁמְר֖וֹן וּבְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ ושבית שְׁבִיתַ֖יִךְ בְּתוֹכָֽהְנָה׃Read aloud as (qere): שְׁב֤וּתRead aloud as (qere): שְׁב֥וּתRead aloud as (qere): וּשְׁב֥וּת
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀποστρέψω τὰς ἀποστροφὰς αὐτῶν, τὴν ἀποστροφὴν Σοδόμων καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων αὐτῆς· καὶ ἀποστρέψω τὴν ἀποστροφὴν Σαμαρείας καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων αὐτῆς· καὶ ἀποστρέψω τὴν ἀποστροφήν σου ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 19:24–25In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth. The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My…
  • Ezekiel 29:14I will restore Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.
  • Ezekiel 39:25Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
  • Jeremiah 12:16And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.
  • Jeremiah 49:6Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,” declares the LORD.
  • Romans 11:23–31And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how…
  • Ezekiel 16:60–61But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger…
  • Joel 3:1“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
  • Jeremiah 31:23This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling…
  • Jeremiah 20:16May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,
  • Isaiah 1:9Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
  • Psalms 85:1You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.
  • Jeremiah 48:47Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
  • Jeremiah 49:39“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
  • Job 42:10After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
  • Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

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