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1 | Sodom rebuilt again? EZEKIEL 16:53-55 | Bible general Archive 4 | unction | 217948 | ||
Ezekiel 16:53-55 Will Sodom be rebuilt the Bible says so. What do you say? |
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2 | Sodom rebuilt again? EZEKIEL 16:53-55 | Bible general Archive 4 | Makarios | 217962 | ||
Greetings Unction! You ask if Ezekiel 16:53-55 states that Sodom will be rebuilt.. The best way to look at this section of scripture is as a comparison of Judah to Samaria and Sodom: "16:46-59 Judah is compared to Samaria and Sodom, whose judgment for sin was great. Judah was more corrupt (v. 47), multiplied Samaria's and Sodom's sin (v. 51), and committed more abominable sin (v. 52)." (1) "16:53-59 As Jerusalem had arrogantly poked fun at Sodom, so Jerusalem would be despised by Syria and Philistia. Although restoration was promised, the people still had to pay for their sins by living in exile. This punishment was consistent with God's past and persistent promises to repay disobedience with specific curses (see 4:16, 17; 5:8-17). .." (2) "bring again . . . captivity—that is, change the affliction into prosperity (so Job 42:10). Sodom itself was not so restored (Jer 20:16), but Ammon and Moab (her representatives, as sprung from Lot who dwelt in Sodom) were (Jer 48:47,49:6); probably most of the ten tribes and the adjoining nations, Ammon and Moab, were in part restored under Cyrus but the full realization of the restoration is yet future the heathen nations to be brought to Christ being typified by "Sodom," whose sins they now reproduce (De 32:32)." (3) "captivity of thy captives—literally, "of thy captivities." However, the gracious promise rather begins with the "nevertheless" (Eze 16:60), not here; for Eze 16:59 is a threat, not a promise. The sense here thus is, Thou shalt be restored when Sodom and Samaria are, but not till then (Eze 16:55), that is, never. This applies to the guilty who should be utterly destroyed (Eze 16:41,42); but it does not contradict the subsequent promise of restoration to their posterity (Nu 14:29-33), and to the elect remnant of grace [CALVIN]." (3) John Calvin and John Wesley both agree that Sodom was not restored or to be restored. "Ezekiel 16:53: When - Sodom and Samaria never were restored to that state they had been in; nor were the two tribes ever made so rich, mighty, and renowned, though God brought some of them out of Babylon: the words confirm an irrecoverably low, and despised state, of the Jews in their temporals. Then - Then, not before." (4) Blessings to you, Makarios (1) pg. 1171, The MacArthur Study Bible, NKJV, copyright 1997 Word Publishing (2) pg. 1278, The NKJV Study Bible, copyright 1997, 2007 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. (3) Jamieson Fausset Brown Bible Commentary (The Sword Project) (4) John Wesley's Notes on the Bible (The Sword Project) |
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