Ezekiel 11:17

17 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: ¹I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, ²and I will give you the land of Israel.'

Ezekiel 11:17 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 11:17

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, I will even gather you from
the people
The Babylonians, Medes, and Persians, where they had been carried captive: and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered;
that is, out of Chaldea and Media, out of which they should come in a body, and not singly, or in small numbers, as they did when Cyrus issued out his proclamation: and I will give you the land of Israel;
not only the Jews of the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, but many of the ten tribes came out of Babylon with Zerubbabel, and settled in the land of Israel; and hither they came also in later times, even those that settled in other countries; at their several festivals, and about such time more especially that the Messiah was expected, and continued there; and this will have a fuller completion at the restoration of the Jews in the latter days.

Ezekiel 11:17 In-Context

15 "Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far from the LORD; to us this land is given for a possession.'

16 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while in the countries where they have gone.'

17 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.'

18 And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.

19 And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

Cross References

• 1. Ezekiel 20:41; Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 36:24; Ezekiel 37:21; [Ezekiel 38:8; Ezekiel 39:27; Isaiah 11:12]
• 2. Ezekiel 20:41; Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 36:24; Ezekiel 37:21; [Ezekiel 38:8; Ezekiel 39:27; Isaiah 11:12]