ezekiel-37:18-20-niv

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 37:18

And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying ,.... The children of Israel and Judah in captivity, of which people Ezekiel was and to whom he was sent as a prophet; who seeing him take two sticks, and write on them, and then join them together, would naturally put such a question to him: wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these ? for they concluded he had some meaning in it, and that it was not a mere childish diversion and amusement; and therefore would... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:19

Say unto them, thus saith the Lord God ,.... Here follows the explanation of the sign or emblem: behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows : that is, the kingdom of Israel, consisting of the ten tribes, of which Ephraim was the chief: and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah ; with the kingdom of Judah: and make them one stick ; these two kingdoms one kingdom: and they shall be one in my hand ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:20

And the sticks whereon thou writest ,.... Or art about to write the above things, according to order and direction: shall be in thine hand before their eyes ; shall be held up to them to look at for some time, and observe the cement of the two sticks; and learn and lay up in their minds what is meant by this emblem; and be assured that what is hereafter said as a further explication of it shall certainly be fulfilled. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:19

The stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim - Jeroboam, the first king of the ten tribes, was an Ephraimite. Joseph represents the ten tribes in general; they were in the hand of Ephraim, that is, under the government of Jeroboam. 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:15-28

Unity. As in many other instances, so here Ezekiel propounds a great moral and prophetical lesson by means of symbol. The two sticks which he is directed to join one to another into one stick represent the two divisions, the two kingdoms, of Judah and of Northern Israel, and their union represents the abolition of the distinction, the schism, which had been so injurious to the national welfare, and the formation of one people, one in brotherly love, one in mutual helpfulness, one in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:15-28

Union essential to highest prosperity. It is clear that this series of prophecies had, at least, a twofold meaning. These predictions pointed to beneficial changes near, visible, temporal; they pointed also to grandee events more distant, more spiritual. The fulfillment of prophecy was also another prophecy. The immediate performance of God's promise was a type of larger performance. As each harvest is a prophecy of the next, so one fulfillment of God's covenant symbolizes a fulfillment on... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:15-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:15-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:15-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:15-28

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