Ezekiel 37:21-24 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 37:15-28

Here are more exceedingly great and precious promises made of the happy state of the Jews after their return to their own land; but they have a further reference to the kingdom of the Messiah and the glories of gospel-times. I. It is here promised that Ephraim and Judah shall be happily united in brotherly love and mutual serviceableness; so that whereas, ever since the desertion of the ten tribes from the house of David under Jeroboam, there had been continual feuds and animosities between... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:21

And say unto them, thus saith the Lord God ,.... Or, as the Targum, "thou shalt prophesy to them;' for what follows is a prophecy of what shall be in the latter day: behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the Heathen, whither they be gone , or, "from among the Gentiles" F2 מבין הגויים "e medio ipsarum gentium", Junius & Tremellius; "ex gentibus", Starckius; "e vel medio gentium", Piscator, Cocceius. ; not only the Chaldeans, where they were carried... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:22

And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel , As they were in the times of David and Solomon, who were both types of the Messiah; and to whose times is referred this prophecy by the ancient Jews F5 Zohar in Gen. fol. 85. 4. , as then to have its accomplishment: and one king shall be king to them all , not Zerubbabel, nor Nehemiah, nor Judas Maccabaeus; for these were neither of them kings; and much less such as reigned for ever, as it is said this king... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:23

Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols ,.... With their dung , or dunghill gods F7 בגלוליהם "diis stercoreis suis", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus; "stercoribus suis", Cocceius, Starckius. ; either with the idols of the Gentiles, or their own: after their return from the Babylonish captivity, the Jews were no more addicted to idolatry; and the image worship of the Papists is an abhorrence to them at this day, and a stumblingblock to them in their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:24

And David my servant shall be king over them ,.... The King Messiah, as Kimchi interprets it; and so Abarbinel F9 Mashmiah Jeshuah, fol. 47. 4. Vid. Sepher Ikkarim, l. 2. c. 28. and others; being of the seed of David, and of whom David was an eminent type; and who, as Mediator, is the Lord's servant, and as man appeared in the form of one: this shows that this prophecy looks further than the times of deliverance from the Babylonish captivity: and they all shall have one shepherd :... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:22

I will make them one nation - There was no distinction after the return from Babylon. And one king shall be king to them all - Politically speaking they never had a king from that day to this; and the grand junction and government spoken of here must refer to another time - to that in which they shall be brought into the Christian Church with the fullness of the Gentiles; when Jesus, the King of kings and Lord of lords, shall rule over all. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:24

And David my servant shall be King - That this refers to Jesus Christ, see proved, Ezekiel 34:23 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-28

1. The view, that what the prophet beheld in vision was the final resurrection of mankind , though favored by Jerome, Calovius, and Kliefoth, must be abandoned, not because the doctrine of a general resurrection would not have been a powerful consolation to the pious-hearted in Israel, or because that doctrine was not then known, but because, in the prophet's own explanation, the bones are declared to be those, not of the whole family of man, but merely of the house of Israel. At the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:15-22

The two sticks. Under the image of two sticks that are joined together, Ezekiel is to symbolize the reunion of Israel and Judah that is to take place in the great restoration. We may see here illustrated a great principle, viz. that reunion accompanies restoration . It was so as a fact in the history of Israel After the restoration we no longer meet with the rivalry of the two nations that made the previous history one long quarrel. The people return to their land as one nation, for no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:15-28

The "word" embodied in this section was probably communicated to the prophet at the close of the preceding vision. Its connection with this is apparent, treating as it does of the union of the then severed branches of the house of Israel, and of the subsequent prosperity which should attend united Israel under the rule of the Messianic King of the future. That this oracle, like the former, had only a temporary and partial accomplishment in the return from captivity is so obvious as to stand in... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 37:15-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:15-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:15-28

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