Ezequiel 37:18

18 “Quando os seus compatriotas perguntarem: ‘Você não vai nos dizer o que significa isso?’

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 “Filho do homem, escreva num pedaço de madeira: Pertencente a Judá e aos israelitas, seus companheiros. Depois escreva noutro pedaço de madeira: Vara de Efraim, pertencente a José e a toda a nação de Israel, seus companheiros.
17 Junte-os numa única vara para que se tornem uma só em sua mão.
18 “Quando os seus compatriotas perguntarem: ‘Você não vai nos dizer o que significa isso?’
19 Diga-lhes: Assim diz o Soberano, o SENHOR: Vou apanhar a vara que está na mão de Efraim, pertencente a José e às demais tribos israelitas, suas companheiras, e vou juntá-las à vara de Judá. Assim farei delas um único pedaço de madeira, e elas se tornarão uma só na minha mão.
20 Segure diante dos olhos deles os pedaços de madeira em que você escreveu
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