Ezekiel 37:17 ASV — MannaFest

Ezekiel 37:17

and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand.

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KJV

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

WEB

Then join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand.

YLT

and bring them near one unto another, to thee, for one stick, and they have become one in thy hand.

DBT

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

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In this there was a type of the uniting of Jews and Gentiles, Jews and Samaritans, in Christ and his church. And so the prophet slides into a prediction of the kingdom of Christ, which should be set up in the world with God's tabernacle in it, and of the glories and graces of that kingdom,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It is a necessary question for grown people, as well as children, to ask, What mean you by this service, by this sign? The meaning was that Judah and Israel should become one in the hand of God,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Hosea 1:11
And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
Jeremiah 50:4
In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God.
Isaiah 11:13
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
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 two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;
Zephaniah 3:9
For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

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About this book

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Ezekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
Date: Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)

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Hosea 1:11
And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land; for great shall be the day…
leads to
- Hosea 3:5
  afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 11:12–13
  And he will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Jeremiah 50:4
In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their…
leads to
- Hosea 1:11
  And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land; for great shall be the day…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Zephaniah 3:9
For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.
leads to
- Genesis 11:1
  And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
- Isaiah 19:18
  In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Jehovah of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.
- Psalms 22:27
  All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- Psalms 86:9–10
  All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify thy name.
- Zechariah 2:11
  And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath…

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