Ezekiel 37:22-28

22 And 1I will make them one nation in the land, on 2the mountains of Israel. And 3one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer 4two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms.
23 5They shall not 6defile themselves anymore 7with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But 8I will save them from all the backslidings[a] in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and 9they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
24 "My servant 10David 11shall be king over them, and they shall all have 12one shepherd. 13They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes.
25 14They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there 15forever, and David my servant shall be their prince 16forever.
26 17I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be 18an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land[b] and 19multiply them, and will 20set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
27 21My dwelling place shall be with them, 22and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28 Then 23the nations will know that 24I am the LORD who sanctifies Israel, when 25my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore."

Ezekiel 37:22-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 37

This chapter contains a prophecy of the Jews' return from captivity to their own land; of the union of the each tribes with one another; and of the glorious kingdom of Christ among them. Their restoration is represented by a vision of dry bones made alive; the place in which they were; the condition they were in; and the manner in which they were made to live, are described, Eze 37:1-10, the explication and application of this vision to the Jews, Eze 37:11-14, their union is signified by a sign or emblem of two sticks, which became one in the hand of the prophet, Eze 37:15-17, the meaning of this is shown, Eze 37:18-20, then follow promises of their return to their own land, in express words; of their being one kingdom, under one King, Christ, the antitype of David, of their sanctification; of their covenant interest in God, made manifest to them; and of his presence, and dwelling among them, Eze 37:21-28.

Cross References 25

  • 1. [ver. 17; Jeremiah 50:4]
  • 2. See Ezekiel 6:2
  • 3. [ver. 24, 25; Ezekiel 34:24]
  • 4. [Ezekiel 35:10]
  • 5. [Ezekiel 36:25]
  • 6. Ezekiel 14:11
  • 7. Ezekiel 36:25
  • 8. Ezekiel 36:29
  • 9. Ezekiel 34:24, 30; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Revelation 21:3; See Exodus 29:45; Leviticus 26:12
  • 10. See Ezekiel 34:23
  • 11. See Jeremiah 23:5
  • 12. [ver. 22]
  • 13. Ezekiel 36:27
  • 14. Ezekiel 28:25
  • 15. Isaiah 60:21; Joel 3:20; Amos 9:15
  • 16. [John 12:34]
  • 17. Ezekiel 34:25
  • 18. See Isaiah 55:3
  • 19. See Ezekiel 36:10
  • 20. ver. 28; Ezekiel 43:7; See Ezekiel 11:16
  • 21. Leviticus 26:11; Revelation 21:3
  • 22. [See ver. 23 above]
  • 23. See Ezekiel 36:23
  • 24. See Ezekiel 20:12
  • 25. [See ver. 26 above]

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Many Hebrew manuscripts; other Hebrew manuscripts dwellings
  • [b]. Hebrew lacks in their land
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