Ezekiel 37:17

And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
join	וְקָרַ֨ב ve.ka.Rav	H7126	to approach (causatively · conjunction + verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
one	אֶחָ֧ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
another	אֶחָ֛ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
one	אֶחָ֑ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
stick	לְעֵ֣ץ le.'Etz	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
one	לַאֲחָדִ֖ים la.'a.cha.Dim	H259	properly · preposition + cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
hand	בְּיָדֶֽךָ be.ya.De.kha	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 50:4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weepi…
Hosea 1:11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up ou…
Isaiah 11:13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex…
Ezekiel 37:22-24 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more…
Zephaniah 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

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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);…
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

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 37:17

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 37:17

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 37:17

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 37:15–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 37:15-28

Rashi on Ezekiel 37:17