Ezekiel 11:17
in Ezekiel 11Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
KJV
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
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This verse in Ezekiel 11
Commentary
5 notes on this verseIf there be any thing in the change of the person from you to them, it may signify the posterity of those to whom the promise is made. " You shall have the title as the patriarchs had, and those that come after shall have the possession." 3. That God by his grace would part between them and their sins,
This site's exposition
I will gather you from the peoples
on Ezekiel 11:17-20
The promise follows, and the exiles “will remove all its detestable things.” God will “give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them,” the promise chapter 36 repeats. It closes on the covenant formula: “Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
This is a divine message to those who were captive in the land of Babylon, to the brothers of the prophet Ezekiel, and to the near ones to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem (or Israel) said: 'You have gone far from the Lord, the land has been given to us as a possession.' But these are the words that follow: 'I will gather you from the peoples and give you the land of Israel.'
(Verse 17 and following) Therefore, speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. And they shall go there and remove all offenses and all abominations from it. And I will give them one heart (or I will give them a new heart) and put a new spirit within them; I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, so that they may walk in my statutes and keep my ordinances and do them; then they shall be my people, and I will be their God.' But as for those whose heart follows their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads," declares the Lord God. This is a divine message to those who were captive in the land of Babylon, to the brothers of the prophet Ezekiel, and to the near ones to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem (or Israel) said: 'You have gone far from the Lord, the land has been given to us as a possession.' But these are the words that follow: 'I will gather you from the peoples and give you the land of Israel.' And when you have entered, you shall remove all idols, because of which you have offended God, and I will give you a unified heart of fear and servitude to God, so that you may not serve diverse idols, or any other than what you had before. And I will give a new spirit in your midst, according to what is written: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me (Psalm 51:12). And I will remove from you a heart of stone, that is, a hard heart, according to what Stephen, the first martyr in Christ, spoke: Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart (Acts 7:51). And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he would not let the people of Israel go (Exod. VII). […]
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, I will even gather you from the people,....
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֣ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| אֱמֹ֗ר | ʾemor | say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַר֮ | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִה֒ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| וְקִבַּצְתִּ֤י | vekibatzti | and I will gather | H6908 → | 127 times |
| אֶתְכֶם֙ | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים | haamim | the peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י | veasafti | and I will gather | H622 → | 200 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֔ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹת | haaratzot | the lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נְפֹצוֹתֶ֖ם | nefotzotem | you have been scattered | H6327 → | 67 times |
| בָּהֶ֑ם | bahem | among them | ||
| וְנָתַתִּ֥י | venatati | and I will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | to you | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַדְמַ֥ת | ʾadmat | [the] land of | H127 → | 225 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
לָכֵ֣ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
אֱמֹ֗רsay
ʾemorH559 →5305 times
כֹּֽה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַר֮he says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִה֒Yahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
וְקִבַּצְתִּ֤יand I will gather
vekibatztiH6908 →127 times
אֶתְכֶם֙<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָ֣עַמִּ֔יםthe peoples
haamimH5971 →1873 times
וְאָסַפְתִּ֣יand I will gather
veasaftiH622 →200 times
אֶתְכֶ֔ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹתthe lands
haaratzotH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נְפֹצוֹתֶ֖םyou have been scattered
nefotzotemH6327 →67 times
בָּהֶ֑םamong them
bahem
וְנָתַתִּ֥יand I will give
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
לָכֶ֖םto you
lakhem
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אַדְמַ֥ת[the] land of
ʾadmatH127 →225 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 34:13I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:37
I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 28:25–26
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of…
- Isaiah 11:11–16
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and…
- Zephaniah 3:19–20
Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
- Psalms 106:47
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- Jeremiah 32:37
Through
Ezekiel 28:25This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 23:8
Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 20:41
When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through…
- Jeremiah 23:8
Through
Jeremiah 3:18In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 31:8
Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They…
- Jeremiah 31:8
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 3:11.17-21; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.