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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV 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.
- NASB 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.
- NLT Yes, your sisters, Sodom and Samaria, and all their people will be restored, and at that time you also will be restored.
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Quick answer
Sodom, Samaria, and Jerusalem will each be returned to their former estate. God can restore even those who seem beyond hope.
Overview
The promise of return 'to their former estate' applies to all three sisters, underscoring that restoration is an act of divine grace, not earned recovery. Jerusalem is reminded she stands among, not above, these others. The breadth of God's restoring purpose foreshadows the ingathering of all peoples in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Mal 3:4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
- Ezek 36:11And 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.
- Ezek 16:53When 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:
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