Israel

Ezekiel 16:53-63

Ezekiel · ~592 BC · Status: Future · Confidence: 60%
“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:”
King James Version · the opening — all 11 verses are below

God remembering his ancient covenant with Israel despite her unfaithfulness, the basis for the new everlasting covenant.

Read the whole passage — all 11 verses (KJV)

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:

16:54That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

16:55When 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.

16:56For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

16:57Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.

16:58Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.

16:59For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

16:60Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

16:61Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

16:62And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD:

16:63That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

Fulfillment References

Hebrews 8:6-10 Jeremiah 31:31-34 Ezekiel 37:26

How Traditions Read This Prophecy

Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalDespite Israel's profound unfaithfulness (the chapter's hard parable), God says, 'I will remember my covenant with thee... and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant... and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.' Grace triumphs over judgment; the everlasting covenant is the new covenant in the Lord Jesus (Heb. 8; Ezek. 37:26). God forgives and remembers His own promise — the wonder of the gospel foretold.
JewishAfter the searing indictment of unfaithful Jerusalem, God astonishingly pledges to remember His covenant and establish an everlasting one — unmerited mercy and restoration.
CatholicThe everlasting covenant of grace, fulfilled in Christ; God's faithfulness despite His people's sin.
ProtestantSovereign grace — God establishing an everlasting covenant with the undeserving, fulfilled in the new covenant in Christ.
AcademicThe climactic turn of Ezekiel 16's extended marriage-allegory; the unconditional 'everlasting covenant' overrides the covenant Israel broke.
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