John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:37
Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel ,.... Besought and prayed unto for the accomplishment of the above promises, as well as what follows: for though God has promised and will perform, yet he expects that his people will apply to him for it; it is our duty to put the Lord in mind of his promises, to plead them with him, and pray unto him for the fulfilment of them. The Syriac version is, "even for this I seek Israel"; and so the Arabic version;... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:36
Then the Heathen that are left round about you ,.... Not cut off by the judgments which came upon them, according to the prophecies in chapter twenty five and twenty six, the residue of the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, and Tyrians; and, in the mystical sense, this may design the residue of the antichristian states not destroyed by the vials of God's wrath; see Revelation 11:13 , shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate ; this work of... read more