The Meaning of Ezekiel 16:55 Explained

Ezekiel 16:55

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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.

Darby: And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; thou also and thy daughters, ye shall return to your former estate.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Ezekiel 16:55 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 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

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 16:55 mean?

And when your sisters Sodom and her daughters return to their former state and Samaria and her daughters to their former state then you and your daughters will return to your former state
וַאֲחוֹתַ֗יִךְ סְדֹ֤ם וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ תָּשֹׁ֣בְןָ לְקַדְמָתָ֔ן וְשֹֽׁמְרוֹן֙ וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ לְקַדְמָתָ֑ן וְאַתְּ֙ וּבְנוֹתַ֔יִךְ תְּשֻׁבֶ֖ינָה לְקַדְמַתְכֶֽן

וַאֲחוֹתַ֗יִךְ  And  when  your  sisters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
סְדֹ֤ם  Sodom 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: סְדֹם  
Sense: a Canaanite city, usually paired with Gomorrah, located in the area of the Dead Sea and the Jordan river; both cities destroyed by God in judgment.
וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙  and  her  daughters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
תָּשֹׁ֣בְןָ  return 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
לְקַדְמָתָ֔ן  to  their  former  state 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine plural
Root: קַדְמָה  
Sense: antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin.
וְשֹֽׁמְרוֹן֙  and  Samaria 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שֹׁמְרֹון  
Sense: the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 0 tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam.
וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ  and  her  daughters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
לְקַדְמָתָ֑ן  to  their  former  state 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine plural
Root: קַדְמָה  
Sense: antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin.
וְאַתְּ֙  then  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, second person feminine singular
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
וּבְנוֹתַ֔יִךְ  and  your  daughters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
תְּשֻׁבֶ֖ינָה  will  return 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person feminine plural
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
לְקַדְמַתְכֶֽן  to  your  former  state 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person feminine plural
Root: קַדְמָה  
Sense: antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin.

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