Ezekiel 20:37 - Exposition

I will cause you to pass under the rod. The "rod" (same word as in Psalms 23:4 ) is primarily that of chastisement, but it is also that of the shepherd who gathers in his flock ( Ezekiel 34:11 ; Le Ezekiel 27:32 ; Micah 7:14 ). Into the bond of the covenant. The word for "bond" (only found here in the Old Testament) is probably cognate with that for "fetter" or "bond" ( Isaiah 52:2 ; Jeremiah 5:5 ; Jeremiah 27:2 ). The chastisement was, for those who accepted it, to do its work by restoring the blessings of the covenant which apostasy had forfeited.