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 captives; but from among the nations where they are now dispersed, and among whom they go freely of their own accord from place to place, for the sake of traffic: and this phrase, "whither they be gone", or "are going" F3 הלכו "ambulant, vel ambulantes sunt". , travelling about from one country to another, better describes the present Jews, and their state, than those in the Babylonian captivity:

and will gather them on every side , or, "round about" F4 מסביב "circumquaque", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Starckius. ; from the several parts of the world where they are:

and bring them into their own land ; the land of Canaan, given by the Lord to their fathers, and to them their posterity, for an inheritance; though now in the possession of others, who, it seems, are not the right owners.