Ezekiel 37:22-28

22 and I will make them 1one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and 2one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms.
23 "They will 3no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but 4I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.

The Davidic Kingdom

24 "My servant 5David will be king over them, and they will all have 6one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them.
25 "They will live on the land that I gave to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their sons and their sons' sons, forever *; and 7David My servant will be their prince forever.
26 "I will make a 8covenant of peace with them; it will be an 9everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and 10multiply them, and will set My 11sanctuary in their midst forever.
27 "My 12dwelling place also will be with them; and 13I will be their God, and they will be My people.
28 "And the nations will know that I am the LORD 14who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever.""'

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 14

  • 1. Jeremiah 3:18; Jeremiah 50:4, 5; Ezekiel 36:10
  • 2. Ezekiel 34:23, 24; Ezekiel 37:24
  • 3. Ezekiel 36:25
  • 4. Ezekiel 36:28, 29
  • 5. Jeremiah 30:9; Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:25; Hosea 3:5
  • 6. Psalms 78:71; Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:23
  • 7. Isaiah 11:1; Ezekiel 37:24; Zechariah 6:12
  • 8. Ezekiel 16:62; Ezekiel 20:37; Ezekiel 34:25
  • 9. Psalms 89:3, 4; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 59:21; Ezekiel 16:60
  • 10. Jeremiah 30:19; Ezek 36:10, 11, 37
  • 11. Ezekiel 20:40; Ezekiel 43:7
  • 12. John 1:14; Revelation 21:3
  • 13. Ezekiel 37:23; 2 Corinthians 6:16
  • 14. Exodus 31:13; Ezekiel 20:12

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