George Leo Haydock, on Ezek 16:53

“And I will bring back and restore them by bringing back Sodom, with her daughters, and by bringing back Samaria, and her daughters: and I will bring those that return of thee in the midst of them.”

“Back, &c. This relates to the conversion of the Gentiles out of all nations, and of many of the Jews, to the Church of Christ. (Challoner) — Cyrus also liberated the tribes on the east as well as on the west of the Jordan, (Haydock) and in general all the captive nations. (Calmet) — And restore. Hebrew, “the captivity, even the captivity of Sodom.” Septuagint, “I will turn away their aversions, the,” &c. I will give them a more docile spirit. (Haydock)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.