Ezequiel 37:18

18 »Cuando la gente de tu pueblo te pregunte: “¿Qué significa todo esto?”,

Ezequiel 37:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 37:18

And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee,
saying
The children of Israel and Judah in captivity, of which people Ezekiel was and to whom he was sent as a prophet; who seeing him take two sticks, and write on them, and then join them together, would naturally put such a question to him: wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?
for they concluded he had some meaning in it, and that it was not a mere childish diversion and amusement; and therefore would desire that he would let them know what it was: whether they would ask this seriously or in banter, out of curiosity or in contempt, as they sometimes did; it matters not, he was to give them an answer, as follows; though, by the manner of their putting the question, it looks as if they were doubtful whether he would or not; since they had treated him in a sneering way on such like occasions before.

Ezequiel 37:18 In-Context

16 «Hijo de hombre, toma una vara y escribe sobre ella: “Para Judá y sus aliados los israelitas”. Luego toma otra vara y escribe: “Para José, vara de Efraín, y todos sus aliados los israelitas”.

17 Júntalas, la una con la otra, de modo que formen una sola vara en tu mano.

18 »Cuando la gente de tu pueblo te pregunte: “¿Qué significa todo esto?”,

19 tú les responderás que así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente: “Voy a tomar la vara de José que está en la mano de Efraín, y a las tribus de Israel que están unidas a él, y la uniré a la vara de Judá. Así haré con ellos una sola vara, y en mi mano serán una sola”.

20 Sostén en tu mano las varas sobre las cuales has escrito, de modo que ellos las vean,