Ezekiel 39:27
in Ezekiel 39When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations.
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ASV
when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.
KJV
When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
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This verse in Ezekiel 39
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis prophecy begins as that before ( ch. xxxviii. 3, 4 , I am against thee, and I will turn thee back ); for there is need of line upon line, both for the conviction of Israel's enemies and the comfort of Israel's friends. Here, as there, it is foretold that God will bring this enemy from the north parts, as formerly the Chaldeans were fetched from the north, Jer. i.
This site's exposition
I will restore Jacob from captivity
on Ezekiel 39:25-29
“Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel,” the people chapter 37 promised to raise. “I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel” closes the restoration language on the note Joel sounds and Acts 2 cites.
This site's exposition
I will show My holiness in them
The regathering reverses the exile's damage to God's name. Matthew Henry notes that as God was reproached in Israel's captivity, He is honored in their reformation and restoration as a holy and happy people. The verse repeats 36:23 and 38:16, where God shows Himself holy before the nations.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 17 and following) 'Therefore, son of man, thus says the Lord God: Speak to every winged creature, to all the birds, and to all the beasts of the field or the countryside: Come together and hasten, gather from all around to my sacrifice that I have offered to you, a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, so that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
As God was reproached in the reproach they were under during their captivity, so he will be sanctified in their reformation and the making of them a holy people again, and will be glorified in their restoration and the making of them a happy glorious people again.
When I have brought them again from the people,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
When I have - gathered them - Antiochus had before captured many of the Jews, and sold them for slaves; see Dan 11:33.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּשׁוֹבְבִ֤י | beshovi | when bring back I | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אוֹתָם֙ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים | haamim | the peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣י | vekibatzti | and I will gather | H6908 → | 127 times |
| אֹתָ֔ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֵֽאַרְצ֖וֹת | meartzot | from [the] lands of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑ם | ʾoyeveihem | enemies their | H341 → | |
| וְנִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי | venikdashti | and I will show myself holy | H6942 → | 171 times |
| בָ֔ם | vam | by them | ||
| לְעֵינֵ֖י | leeinei | to [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| הַגּוֹיִ֥ם | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| רַבִּֽים׃ | rabim | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
בְּשׁוֹבְבִ֤יwhen bring back I
beshoviH7725 →1056 times
אוֹתָם֙<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָ֣עַמִּ֔יםthe peoples
haamimH5971 →1873 times
וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣יand I will gather
vekibatztiH6908 →127 times
אֹתָ֔ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
מֵֽאַרְצ֖וֹתfrom [the] lands of
meartzotH776 →2504 times
אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑םenemies their
ʾoyeveihemH341 →
וְנִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּיand I will show myself holy
venikdashtiH6942 →171 times
בָ֔םby them
vam
לְעֵינֵ֖יto [the] eyes of
leeineiH5869 →887 times
הַגּוֹיִ֥םthe nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
רַבִּֽים׃many
rabimH7227 →454 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 37:21you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 36:24
For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
- 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…
- Amos 9:14–15
I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- 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…
- Jeremiah 16:15
Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For…
- Ezekiel 36:24
Through
Ezekiel 38:23I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
it leads to
- Psalms 9:16
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Ezekiel 38:16
You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations…
- Revelation 19:1–6
After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- Psalms 9:16
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.