Ezekiel 37:24-28

The Davidic Kingdom

24 "My servant 1David will be king over them, and they will all have 2one 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 3David My servant will be their prince forever.
26 "I will make a 4covenant of peace with them; it will be an 5everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and 6multiply them, and will set My 7sanctuary in their midst forever.
27 "My 8dwelling place also will be with them; and 9I will be their God, and they will be My people.
28 "And the nations will know that I am the LORD 10who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever.""'

Ezekiel 37:24-28 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 10

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

Footnotes 1

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