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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:21-22

“And say to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, 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 to their own land, and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will be king to them all, and they will no more be two nations, nor will they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.” The world had been divided at Babel (Babylon - Genesis 11:1-9). Then later God’s... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:23

“Nor will they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions, but I will save them out of all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. So will they be my people, and I will be their God.” The verse has a twofold application. It firstly found fulfilment in the fact that when Israel came back to the land they were basically cured of idolatry. ‘Idols’, ‘detestable things’, ‘transgressions’ can all... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 37:22

I will make them one nation: they were one in David’s time, who was type of the Messiah, and continued so to the end of Solomon’s time, whose name includes peace. So when the Beloved, the Peace-maker, the Messiah shall be King, and on his throne exercising his kingly power, they shall be once more one again. In the land of Canaan, called here, as elsewhere, the mountains of Israel. One king; Messiah; the most and best, if not the learnedest, interpreters understand not Zerubbabel, nor Nehemiah,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 37:23

Defile themselves: idolatry is a very defiling sin, and the Jews in both kingdoms were exceedingly addicted to it, pertinacious in it, to the utter ruin of both kingdoms; but after the return from Babylonish captivity, we find no where that they fell to idolatry. Their idols: it may refer to the heathen, and then it means, they shall not defile themselves with the idols the heathen did worship; or to the idols of the Jews, their own idols, with which they shall no more be defiled. Their... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-28

THE VISION OF THE DRY BONES REVIVIFIED A SYMBOL OF THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF ISRAEL. (Chap. 37.)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ezekiel 37:1. “The hand of the Lord was upon me.” “The abrupt commencement without and, points out that the fact here related is extraordinary and out of connection with the usual prophetic activity. The hand of the Lord denotes the overruling Divine influence.”—Hengstenberg. “The valley”—“the plain or valley near Tel Abib, familiar to Ezekiel as the scene of the vision of the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ezekiel 37:15-22

DISCOURSE: 1122THE STICKS OF JUDAH AND OF EPHRAIM JOINEDEzekiel 37:15-22. The word of the Lord carne again unto me, saying, Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: and join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. And when the children of thy people... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-28

Chapter 37Now in chapter 37, again, a prophecy of the restoration of the nation of Israel, the rebirth of the nation.The hand of the LORD was upon me, carried me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of a valley which was full of bones ( Ezekiel 37:1 ),So Ezekiel taken now by the Spirit in this vision to this valley that was filled with these bones.And he caused me to pass by them all around: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and they were very dry. And... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 37:1-28

Ezekiel 37:14 . I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live. A moral resurrection shall pass upon the people of Israel; the Lord shall “bring them up out of their graves,” where they have long been buried in unbelief, and quicken those who were dead in trespasses and sins. By his Spirit he will illuminate the understanding, renew and sanctify the heart, and build them up a holy temple for the Lord. Ezekiel 37:19 . I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim with... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 37:22

Eze 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: Ver. 22. And I will make them one nation. ] Who were before at deadly feud, and fought many bloody battles. Solemur et nos hac promissione contra schismata, Let us also comfort ourselves with this promise against schisms, saith Oecolampadius. Christ will cause the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 37:23

Eze 37:23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. Ver. 23. Neither shall they defile. ] After the captivity the Jews could never endure idolatry. The Popish image worship is at this day a very great stumblingblock to them. Out of all their... read more

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