John Calvin on Ezekiel 16:54
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Ezekiel16:54
Hence we gather from the last verse, that God gave the Jews no hope of safety, but rather confirms their utter destruction, so that no future safety was to be hoped for. For he says, that you may bear thy reproach and become ashamed, namely, because they had sinned grievously, as I have said before, and had not repented of their wickedness. He adds, in consoling them. He speaks after the ordinary manner of men, since the miserable feel some consolation in seeing themselves perish among a great multitude. This then is the consolation of which the Prophet speaks, not that the sorrow of Sodom and Samaria was mitigated when they saw the Jews joined to themselves, but, as I have said, God adopts the common language of men. It follows —
Ezekiel 16:55
55. 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.
55. Et sorores tuae Sodoma, et filiae ejus revertentur ad pristina sua, “To their ancient state.” — Calvin. et Samaria et filiae, ejus revertentur ad antiquitatem suam, That is, “to their former state.” — Calvin. et tu et filiae tuae revertimini ad pristinum statum.
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