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I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/37.htm">New Living Translation</a> And give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/37.htm">English Standard Version</a> then say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and bring them to their own land. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/37.htm">King James Bible</a> And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/37.htm">New King James Version</a> “Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am going to take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/37.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Say to them, &#8216Thus says the Lord GOD, &#8220Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And speak to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; <a href="/amp/ezekiel/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am going to take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; <a href="/csb/ezekiel/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: I am going to take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> tell them: This is what the Lord GOD says: I am going to take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/37.htm">American Standard Version</a> And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: <a href="/cev/ezekiel/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> and then say: I, the LORD God, will gather the people of Israel and bring them home from the foreign nations where they now live. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/37.htm">English Revised Version</a> And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Then tell them, 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they've gone. I will gather them from everywhere and bring them to their own land. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/37.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then tell them that I, the Sovereign LORD, am going to take all my people out of the nations where they have gone, gather them together, and bring them back to their own land. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/37.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then tell them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Watch me take the Israelis out of the nations where they've gone and return them from every direction. I'm going to bring them back into their own land. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ?I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land. <a href="/net/ezekiel/37.htm">NET Bible</a> Then tell them, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Look, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, where they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: <a href="/web/ezekiel/37.htm">World English Bible</a> Say to them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and speak to them, Thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am taking the sons of Israel, "" From among the nations to where they have gone, "" And have gathered them from all around, "" And I have brought them into their land. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and speak thou unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am taking the sons of Israel, From among the nations whither they have gone, And have gathered them from round about, And I have brought them in unto their land. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And speak to them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they went there, and I gathered them from round about, and I brought them to their land:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from the midst of the nations whither they are gone: and I will gather them on every side, and will bring them to their own land. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take up the sons of Israel, from the midst of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them together on every side, and I will lead them onto their own soil. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/37.htm">New American Bible</a> Say to them: Thus says the Lord GOD: I will soon take the Israelites from among the nations to which they have gone and gather them from all around to bring them back to their land. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> then say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from every quarter, and bring them to their own land.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And say to them, Thus says the LORD God: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations whither they have gone, and will gather them together and bring them into their own land; <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And say to them: ‘Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: behold, I have taken the children of Israel from among the nations to which they went, and I shall gather them, and I shall bring them to their land<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land; <a href="/sep/ezekiel/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the whole house of Israel out of the midst of the nations, among whom they have gone, and I will gather them from all that are round about them, and I will bring them into the land of Israel. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=11150" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/37.htm">One Nation with One King</a> …20When the sticks on which you write are in your hand and in full view of the people, 21<a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: wə·ḏab·bêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-Imp-ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">you are to tell</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. ">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">that this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">‘I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lō·qê·aḥ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">will take</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: mib·bên (Prep-m) -- An interval, space between. ">out of</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">to which</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·lə·ḵū- (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">they have gone,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: wə·qib·baṣ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">and I will gather them</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: mis·sā·ḇîḇ (Prep-m:: Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">all around</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wə·hê·ḇê·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: ’aḏ·mā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">their own land.</a> 22I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/23-3.htm">Jeremiah 23:3-8</a> Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply. / I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD. / Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land. ... <a href="/jeremiah/30-3.htm">Jeremiah 30:3</a> For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’” <a href="/jeremiah/31-8.htm">Jeremiah 31:8-10</a> Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly! / They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.” / Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock. <a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11-12</a> On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. / He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. <a href="/isaiah/43-5.htm">Isaiah 43:5-6</a> Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west. / I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth— <a href="/isaiah/49-12.htm">Isaiah 49:12</a> Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.” <a href="/isaiah/60-4.htm">Isaiah 60:4</a> Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm. <a href="/hosea/1-11.htm">Hosea 1:11</a> Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel. <a href="/amos/9-14.htm">Amos 9:14-15</a> I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. / I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God. <a href="/zechariah/10-6.htm">Zechariah 10:6-10</a> I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them. / Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD. / I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/30-3.htm">Deuteronomy 30:3-5</a> then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you. / Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there. / And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers. <a href="/psalms/107-2.htm">Psalm 107:2-3</a> Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy / and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. <a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a> And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. <a href="/john/11-52.htm">John 11:52</a> and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one. <a href="/john/10-16.htm">John 10:16</a> I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, where they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:<a href="/ezekiel/34-13.htm">Ezekiel 34:13</a> And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.<a href="/ezekiel/36-24.htm">Ezekiel 36:24</a> For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.<a href="/ezekiel/39-25.htm">Ezekiel 39:25</a> Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/37-18.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-24.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-19.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-16.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-3.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-23.htm">Sides</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-18.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-19.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Whither</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-7.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/37-25.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-28.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-22.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-22.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-22.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-6.htm">Sides</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-3.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-27.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-9.htm">Whither</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-14.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 37</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/37-1.htm">By the resurrection of dry bones</a> 11. <a href="/ezekiel/37-11.htm">the dead hope of Israel is revived</a> 15. <a href="/ezekiel/37-15.htm">By the uniting of two sticks</a> 18. <a href="/ezekiel/37-18.htm">is shown the incorporation of Israel into Judah</a> 21. <a href="/ezekiel/37-21.htm">The promises of Christ's kingdom</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/37.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/37.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: This phrase emphasizes the authority and divine origin of the message. The prophet Ezekiel is acting as a mouthpiece for God, a common role for prophets in the Old Testament. This underscores the importance of the message and the certainty of its fulfillment. The phrase "Lord GOD" translates to "Adonai Yahweh," highlighting both the sovereignty and covenantal relationship God has with Israel.‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, This refers to the dispersion of the Israelites, known as the Diaspora, which occurred due to various exiles, including the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities. Historically, the Northern Kingdom of Israel was conquered by Assyria in 722 BC, and the Southern Kingdom of Judah was taken into Babylonian captivity in 586 BC. This promise of regathering is a recurring theme in prophetic literature, symbolizing hope and restoration.and I will gather them from all around The gathering from "all around" indicates a comprehensive regathering from all the places where the Israelites have been scattered. This reflects God's omnipotence and His ability to fulfill His promises despite geographical and political barriers. It also connects to other prophetic promises of regathering found in <a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm">Isaiah 11:12</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/23-3.htm">Jeremiah 23:3</a>.and bring them into their own land. The promise to bring the Israelites back to "their own land" refers to the land of Canaan, which God promised to Abraham and his descendants (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>). This land is central to the identity and covenant relationship between God and Israel. Theologically, this return is seen as a type of the ultimate restoration and fulfillment of God's promises, prefiguring the eschatological hope of a new heaven and new earth. This also foreshadows the gathering of God's people in Christ, as seen in the New Testament, where Jesus is portrayed as the Good Shepherd who gathers His flock (<a href="/john/10-16.htm">John 10:16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, who were scattered among the nations due to their disobedience and exile. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a> Various foreign lands where the Israelites were dispersed during their exile. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_israel.htm">The Land of Israel</a> The promised land that God vowed to give to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD (Yahweh)</a> The sovereign God of Israel, who promises to restore His people. 5. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God who conveyed God's messages to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a> Despite Israel's disobedience, God remains faithful to His covenant promises. This teaches us about the unchanging nature of God's faithfulness. <a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_hope.htm">Restoration and Hope</a> God's promise to gather and restore Israel provides hope for all believers that God can restore and renew our lives, no matter how scattered or broken we may feel. <a href="/topical/d/divine_sovereignty.htm">Divine Sovereignty</a> The passage emphasizes God's control over nations and history, reminding us to trust in His sovereign plans for our lives and the world. <a href="/topical/u/unity_in_christ.htm">Unity in Christ</a> Just as God promises to gather Israel, believers are called to unity in Christ, transcending cultural and national boundaries. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_return.htm">Repentance and Return</a> The context of exile and return highlights the importance of repentance and turning back to God, encouraging us to examine areas of our lives where we need to return to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 37</a> <a href="/q/why_hasn't_ezekiel_37_21-22_been_fulfilled.htm">How do we explain the apparent lack of fulfillment of Ezekiel 37:21–22, which promises a unified kingdom under one ruler, given the continued dispersion and divisions of the Jewish people? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_israel.htm">What does the Bible say about Israel in End Times?</a> <a href="/q/will_every_jew_return_to_jerusalem.htm">Will every Jew return to Jerusalem?</a> <a href="/q/what_happened_to_israel's_lost_tribes.htm">What happened to Israel's lost tribes?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) Will gather them.--The restoration of Israel from their captivity among the heathen here, as often elsewhere, is the first step in the fulfilment of the Divine promises. This, however, like the other Divine promises, was fulfilled only to a "remnant," a course which, as St. Paul shows in Romans 9, had been foreseen and foretold from the first. A fulfilment on a larger scale was perpetually prevented by the sins of the people; God did for them all that their obdurate disobedience would allow Him to do. Yet He did not wholly reject them, but allowed a remnant to keep alive His Church, and become the channel of those richer blessings of the new covenant, in which all who will accept His salvation are united in a holier bond, and led to a land of higher promise than Israel after the flesh could ever know.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 21-28 explain how the unification of the two kingdoms should be brought about. The first step should be the bringing of the people home to their own land (vers. 21, 22); the second, their purification from idolatry (ver. 23); the third, the installation over them, thus united and purified, of one King, the ideal David of the future, or the Messiah (vers. 24, 25); the fourth, the establishment with them of Jehovah's covenant of peace (ver. 26), and the permanent erection amongst them of Jehovah's temple (vers. 27, 28). Verses 21, 22. - I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen. That tills promise was intended to find an initial and partial fulfillment in the return from Babylon is undoubted. That it was also designed to look across the centuries towards the final ingathering of God's spiritual Israel into their permanent inheritance, the heavenly Canaan, an examination of its terms shows. These clearly presuppose a wider dispersion of Israel than had then, i.e. in Ezekiel's day, taken place; and that Israel has never yet been made one nation upon the mountains of Israel, is incontestable. Nor is there ground for expecting she ever will be. Not even after the exile closed did all Israel return to Palestine. Nor did it ever come true in their experience that one king was king to them all, since, in point of fact, they never afterwards had an earthly sore-reign at all who was properly independent. If, therefore, the prince who in the future should shepherd them was not to be a temporal monarch, but the Messiah, the probability is that the Israel he should shepherd was designed to be, not Israel after the flesh, but Israel after the spirit, who should walk in his judgments and observe his statutes, and who, in the fullness of the times, should develop out into the Christian Church. Hence it seems reasonable to conclude that their own land, into which they should eventually be brought, would be not so much the veritable soil from which their ancestors had been expelled, as the country or region in which the new, rejuvenated, reunited, and reformed Israel should dwell, which, again, should be n territory cleansed from sin and idolatry, so as to render it a fit abode for a people devoted to righteousness. Viewed in this light, their own land was first Canaan, in so far as after the exile it was cleansed from idolatry; now it is those portions of the earth in which the Christian Church has been planted, so far as these are influenced by the holy principles of religion; finally, it will be the new heavens and the new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness (scrap. <a href="/ezekiel/34-24.htm">Ezekiel 34:24</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/36-24.htm">Ezekiel 36:24</a>). <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>you are to tell them וְדַבֵּ֣ר (wə·ḏab·bêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue that this is what כֹּֽה־ (kōh-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD יְהוִה֒ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH says: אָמַר֮ (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘I אֲנִ֤י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I will take לֹקֵ֙חַ֙ (lō·qê·aḥ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take the Israelites בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son out of מִבֵּ֥ין (mib·bên) Preposition-m <a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> An interval, space between the nations הַגּוֹיִ֖ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts to which אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that they have gone, הָֽלְכוּ־ (hā·lə·ḵū-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk and I will gather וְקִבַּצְתִּ֤י (wə·qib·baṣ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> To gather, collect them from אֹתָם֙ (’ō·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case all around מִסָּבִ֔יב (mis·sā·ḇîḇ) Preposition-m | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> A circle, neighbour, environs, around and bring וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י (wə·hê·ḇê·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go them into אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to their own land. אַדְמָתָֽם׃ (’aḏ·mā·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> Ground, land <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Ezekiel 37:21 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Ezekiel 37:21 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Ezekiel 37:21 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Ezekiel 37:21 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Ezekiel 37:21 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Ezekiel 37:21 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Ezekiel 37:21 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Ezekiel 37:21 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Ezekiel 37:21 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Ezekiel 37:21 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-21.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 37:21 Say to them Thus says the Lord (Ezek. 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