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Text -- Ezekiel 37:9-28 (NET)
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37:9 He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath ,– prophesy , son of man – and say to the breath : ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says : Come from the four winds , O breath , and breathe on these corpses so that they may live .’”
37:10 So I prophesied as I was commanded , and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet , an extremely great army .
37:11 Then he said to me, “Son of man , these bones are all the house of Israel . Look , they are saying , ‘Our bones are dry , our hope has perished ; we are cut off .’
37:12 Therefore prophesy , and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says : Look , I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves , my people . I will bring you to the land of Israel .
37:13 Then you will know that I am the Lord , when I open your graves and raise you from your graves , my people .
37:14 I will place my breath in you and you will live ; I will give you rest in your own land . Then you will know that I am the Lord – I have spoken and I will act , declares the Lord .’”
37:15 The word of the Lord came to me:
37:16 “As for you , son of man , take one branch , and write on it, ‘For Judah , and for the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another branch and write on it, ‘For Joseph , the branch of Ephraim and all the house of Israel associated with him.’
37:17 Join them as one stick ; they will be as one in your hand .
37:18 When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what these things mean?’
37:19 tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says : Look , I am about to take the branch of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will place them on the stick of Judah , and make them into one stick – they will be one in my hand .’
37:20 The sticks you write on will be in your hand in front of them.
37:21 Then tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says : Look , I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone . I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land .
37:22 I will make them one nation in the land , on the mountains of Israel , and one king will rule over them all . They will never again be two nations and never again be divided into two kingdoms .
37:23 They will not defile themselves with their idols , their detestable things , and all their rebellious deeds . I will save them from all their unfaithfulness by which they sinned . I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God .
37:24 “‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes .
37:25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob , in which your fathers lived ; they will live in it– they and their children and their grandchildren forever . David my servant will be prince over them forever .
37:26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a perpetual covenant with them. I will establish them, increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever .
37:27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God , and they will be my people .
37:28 Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever , the nations will know that I , the Lord , sanctify Israel .’”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
KIDRON, THE BROOK |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
EZEKIEL, 1 |
Ezekiel, Book of |
MOSES |
Symbols and Similitudes |
Bands |
Regeneration |
PETER, SIMON |
Israel |
Instruction |
ISAIAH, 1-7 |
Ezekiel |
Bones |
Resurrection |
Vision |
DANIEL, BOOK OF |
Power |
Holy Spirit |
Jesus, The Christ |
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NET Notes: Eze 37:14 Or “spirit.” This is likely an allusion to Gen 2 and God’s breath which creates life.
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NET Notes: Eze 37:19 The reunification of Israel and Judah is envisioned as well in Ezek 33:23, 29; Jer 3:18; 23:5-6; Hos 1:11; Amos 9:11.
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NET Notes: Eze 37:22 Jeremiah also attested to the reuniting of the northern and southern kingdoms (Jer 3:12, 14; 31:2-6).
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NET Notes: Eze 37:23 Heb “their dwellings.” The text as it stands does not make sense. Based on the LXX, a slight emendation of two vowels, including a mater, ...
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