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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:15-17

The Two Sticks and The Uniting Of Israel. ‘The word of Yahweh came again to me saying, “And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel his companions’. Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions’. And join them for yourself, one to another, into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.” ’ The wording on the sticks would seem to confirm that... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:18-20

“And when the children of your people speak to you saying, ‘Will you not show what you mean by these?’, you say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh. Behold I will take the stick of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and I will put them with it, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in my hand.’ And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.” The sight of the two sticks ‘made one’ in... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 37:16

One stick; tablet, i.e. a writing tablet or a tally, such as is fitted to be written upon, or a rod, or staff, on which thou mayst write; the Hebrew calls it wood, without describing its form and fashion; but whatever its fashion was, it must be but one. Write upon it; the inscription is not only commanded, but the words also in which it is to be written. For Judah; the tribe, or possibly the kingdom; if the latter, then the companions mentioned will be such as in process of time fell off from... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 37:17

Join them: some would have this done miraculously, but I do not think God bade the prophet work a miracle; were it so, God would rather have said, I will make them one, for he can do miracles. It was enough if glued together, or but held in his hand, so that in his hand they were one. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 37:18

When; so soon as. The children of thy people; to whom thou art watchman by office, and near of kin by natural descent. Wilt thou not? there was some reason why they might doubt whether he would, because they had carried it so, frowardly toward him; therefore they request it by an interrogatory, Wilt thou not? We shall never know the meaning unless thou unfold it; wilt thou not do it then? read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 37:19

The stick of Joseph; on which Joseph’s name is written, and which represents Joseph. Which is in the hand of Ephraim; which was under the government of Ephraim; or thus, which is the tribe of Ephraim, the latter explaining the former. His fellows: Ezekiel 37:16. Put them with him; Judah and his companions. One stick; one kingdom, one people, whereas these have been divided and enemies a great while. They shall be one; real, cordial in their union. In mine hand; under my government, care, and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 37:20

To affect them the more, and to assure them the more fully, let them see these two divided sticks made one in thy hand. 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

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