Ezekiel 37:16

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:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
son	בֶן ven-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
man	אָדָ֗ם 'a.Dam	H120	ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species · noun, common masculine singular absolute
take	קַח kach-	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
one	אֶחָ֔ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
stick	עֵ֣ץ 'etz	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
write	וּכְתֹ֤ב u.khe.To	H3789	to grave · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
Judah	לִֽיהוּדָ֔ה li.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · preposition + proper noun, a place name
children	וְלִבְנֵ֥י ve.liv.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
companions	חֲבֵרָ֑יו cha.ve.rov	H2270	an associate · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
take	וּלְקַח֙ u.le.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
another	אֶחָ֔ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
stick	עֵ֣ץ 'etz	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
write	וּכְת֣וֹב u.khe.Tov	H3789	to grave · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
Joseph	לְיוֹסֵף֙ le.yo.Sef	H3130	Joseph · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
stick	עֵ֣ץ 'etz	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Ephraim	אֶפְרַ֔יִם 'ef.Ra.yim	H669	Ephrajim · proper noun, a man's name
house	בֵּ֥ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
companions	חֲבֵרָֽיו cha.ve.rov	H2270	an associate · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
2 Chronicles 15:9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out…
2 Chronicles 10:17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Numbers 17:2-3 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes accordi…
1 Kings 12:16-20 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither h…
2 Chronicles 11:11-17 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
2 Chronicles 30:11-18 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 37:15–end

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 the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and it is to be feared there had been some clashings between them even in the land of their captivity (Ephraim upon all occasions envying Judah and Judah vexing Ephra…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 37:16

stick--alluding to Num 17:2, the tribal rod. The union of the two rods was a prophecy in action of the brotherly union which is to reunite the ten tribes and Judah. As their severance under Jeroboam was fraught with the greatest evil to the covenant-people, so the first result of both being joined by the spirit of life to God is that they become joined to one another under the one covenant King, Messiah-David. Judah, and . . . children of Israel his companions--that is, Judah and, besides Benjamin and Levi, those who had joined themselves to him of Ephraim, Manasseh, Simeon, Asher, Zebulun, Issachar, as having the temple and lawful priesthood in his borders (Ch2 11:12-13, Ch2 11:16; Ch2 15…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 37:16

Son of man, take thee one stick - The two sticks mentioned in this symbolical transaction represented, as the text declares the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah, which were formed in the days of Rehoboam, and continued distinct till the time of the captivity. The kingdom of Judah was composed of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, with the Levites; all the rest went off in the schism with Jeroboam, and formed the kingdom of Israel. Though some out of those tribes did rejoin themselves to Judah, yet no whole tribe ever returned to that kingdom. Common sufferings in their captivity became the means of reviving a kinder feeling; and to encourage this, God promises that he will reunite them, and r…

Dictionary and topics

Bands — (1) of love (Hos. 11:4); (2) of Christ (Ps. 2:3); (3) uniting together Christ’s body the church (Col. 2:19; 3:14; Eph. 4:3); (4) the emblem of the captivity of Israel (Ezek. 34:27; Isa. 28:22; 52:2);…
Joseph — Remover or increaser. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 30:23, 24), who, on the occasion of his birth, said, “God hath taken away [Heb. ‘asaph] my reproach.” “The Lord shall add…
Instruction · Two sticks joined together — Two sticks joined together
Israel, Prophecies Concerning · .Of the reunion of the ten tribes and — .Of the reunion of the ten tribes and
Jews, The · Promises respecting: Reunion of — Promises respecting: Reunion of
Sticks · Used as cymbals — Used as cymbals

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 37:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 37:15–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 37:16

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 37:16

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 37:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 37:15–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 37:16

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 37:16

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ezekiel 37:16

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 37:15–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 37:15-28

Rashi on Ezekiel 37:16