Teks -- Ezekiel 37:20-28 (NET)

37:20 The sticks you write on will be in your hand in front of them. 37:21 Then tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land. 37:22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will never again be two nations and never again be divided into two kingdoms. 37:23 They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God. 37:24 “‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes. 37:25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it– they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them forever. 37:26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a perpetual covenant with them. I will establish them, increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever. 37:27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 37:28 Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel.’”

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Wesley: Eze 37:22 - One nation

They were one in David's time, who was a type of the Messiah, and continued so to the end of Solomon's time, whose name includes peace. So when the Beloved, the Peace - maker, the Messiah shall be king, they shall be one again.

Wesley: Eze 37:22 - And one king

The Messiah.

Wesley: Eze 37:23 - I will save

I will bring them safe out of them.

Wesley: Eze 37:23 - And will cleanse

Both justify and sanctify them.

Wesley: Eze 37:24 - David

The son of David.

Wesley: Eze 37:24 - One shepherd

This king shall be their one chief shepherd, others that feed and rule the flock, are so by commission from him.

Wesley: Eze 37:25 - For ever

'Till Christ's coming to judgment, the Jews converted to Christ, shall inherit Canaan.

Wesley: Eze 37:26 - My sanctuary

I will set up a spiritual glorious temple, and worship among you.

Wesley: Eze 37:26 - For evermore

Never to be altered or abolished on earth, but to be consummated in heaven.

Wesley: Eze 37:27 - My tabernacle

The tabernacle wherein I will shew my presence among them. Their fathers had a tabernacle, but the Messiah shall bring with him a better, a spiritual, and an heavenly.

Wesley: Eze 37:27 - They shall be my people

By my grace I will make them holy, as the people of a holy God; and I will make them happy, as the people of the ever blessed God.

JFB: Eze 37:22 - one nation

(Isa 11:13; Jer 3:18; Hos 1:11).

JFB: Eze 37:22 - one king

Not Zerubbabel, who was not a king either in fact or name, and who ruled over but a few Jews, and that only for a few years; whereas the King here reigns for ever. MESSIAH is meant (Eze 34:23-24). The union of Judah and Israel under King Messiah symbolizes the union of Jews and Gentiles under Him, partly now, perfectly hereafter (Eze 37:24; Joh 10:16).

JFB: Eze 37:23

(Eze 36:25).

JFB: Eze 37:23 - out of . . . their dwelling-places

(Eze 36:28, Eze 36:33). I will remove them from the scene of their idolatries to dwell in their own land, and to serve idols no more.

JFB: Eze 37:24 - David

Messiah (See on Eze 34:23-24).

JFB: Eze 37:25 - for ever

(Isa 60:21; Joe 3:20; Amo 9:15).

JFB: Eze 37:26 - covenant of peace

Better than the old legal covenant, because an unchangeable covenant of grace (Eze 34:25; Isa 55:3; Jer 32:40).

JFB: Eze 37:26 - I will place them

Set them in an established position; no longer unsettled as heretofore.

JFB: Eze 37:26 - my sanctuary

The temple of God; spiritual in the heart of all true followers of Messiah (2Co 6:16); and, in some "literal" sense, in the restored Israel (Eze. 40:1-44:31).

JFB: Eze 37:27 - My tabernacle . . . with them

As foretold (Gen 9:27); Joh 1:14, "The Word . . . dwelt among us" (literally, "tabernacled"); first, in humiliation; hereafter, in manifested glory (Rev 21:3).

JFB: Eze 37:28

(Eze 36:23).

JFB: Eze 37:28 - sanctify Israel

Set it apart as holy unto Myself and inviolable (Exo 19:5-6).

JFB: Eze 37:28 - The objections to a literal interpretation of the prophecy are

(1) The ideal nature of the name Gog, which is the root of Magog, the only kindred name found in Scripture or history. (2) The nations congregated are selected from places most distant from Israel, and from one another, and therefore most unlikely to act in concert (Persians and Libyans, &c.). (3) The whole spoil of Israel could not have given a handful to a tithe of their number, or maintained the myriads of invaders a single day (Eze 38:12-13). (4) The wood of their invaders' weapons was to serve for fuel to Israel for seven years! And all Israel were to take seven months in burying the dead! Supposing a million of Israelites to bury each two corpses a day, the aggregate buried in the hundred eighty working days of the seven months would be three hundred sixty millions of corpses! Then the pestilential vapors from such masses of victims before they were all buried! What Israelite could live in such an atmosphere? (5) The scene of the Lord's controversy here is different from that in Isa 34:6, Edom, which creates a discrepancy. (But probably a different judgment is alluded to). (6) The gross carnality of the representation of God's dealings with His adversaries is inconsistent with Messianic times. It therefore requires a non-literal interpretation. The prophetical delineations of the divine principles of government are thrown into the familiar forms of Old Testament relations. The final triumph of Messiah's truth over the most distant and barbarous nations is represented as a literal conflict on a gigantic scale, Israel being the battlefield, ending in the complete triumph of Israel's anointed King, the Saviour of the world. It is a prophetical parable [FAIRBAIRN]. However, though the details are not literal, the distinctiveness in this picture, characterizing also parallel descriptions in writers less ideally picturesque than Ezekiel, gives probability to a more definite and generally literal interpretation. The awful desolations caused in Judea by Antiochus Epiphanes, of Syria (1 Maccabees; and PORPHYRY, quoted by JEROME on Ezekiel), his defilement of Jehovah's temple by sacrificing swine and sprinkling the altar with the broth, and setting up the altar of Jupiter Olympius, seem to be an earnest of the final desolations to be caused by Antichrist in Israel, previous to His overthrow by the Lord Himself, coming to reign (compare Dan. 8:10-26; Dan 11:21-45; Dan 12:1; Zec 13:9; Zec 14:2-3). GROTIUS explains Gog as a name taken from Gyges, king of Lydia; and Magog as Syria, in which was a city called Magag [PLINY, 5.28]. What Ezekiel stated more generally, Rev 20:7-9 states more definitely as to the anti-Christian confederacy which is to assail the beloved city.

Clarke: Eze 37:22 - I will make them one nation

I will make them one nation - There was no distinction after the return from Babylon

Clarke: Eze 37:22 - And one king shall be king to them all

And one king shall be king to them all - Politically speaking they never had a king from that day to this; and the grand junction and government spoken of here must refer to another time - to that in which they shall be brought into the Christian Church with the fullness of the Gentiles; when Jesus, the King of kings and Lord of lords, shall rule over all.

Clarke: Eze 37:24 - And David my servant shall be King

And David my servant shall be King - That this refers to Jesus Christ, see proved, Eze 34:23 (note).

Clarke: Eze 37:25 - The land that I have given unto Jacob my servant

The land that I have given unto Jacob my servant - Jacob means here the twelve tribes; and the land given to them was the whole land of Palestine; consequently, the promise states that, when they return, they are to possess the whole of the Promised Land.

Clarke: Eze 37:26 - Covenant of peace

Covenant of peace - See this explained Eze 34:25 (note).

Clarke: Eze 37:27 - By tabernacle

By tabernacle - Jesus Christ, the true tabernacle, in whom dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

Defender: Eze 37:22 - no more two nations

Ever since the days of Rehoboam, son of Solomon, the children of Israel had been divided into two nations. The northern kingdom was called Israel, or Joseph, or Ephraim, and included ten of the tribes. The southern kingdom, Judah, consisted of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. The Levites were scattered around both, but mostly in Judah because of the temple. Israel was carried captive by the Assyrians in about 740 b.c., Judah by the Babylonians around 588 b.c. However, some of all the tribes were left in the land. The Samaritans were descendants of a mixture of the people of the northern kingdom with the Canaanites and other Gentiles in the land. A remnant of the Jews (Judah and Benjamin) later returned under the Persian emperors Cyrus and Artaxerxes to reestablish Jerusalem and the temple worship. Although the ten tribes have been considered lost ever since Assyria fell to Babylon, as far as national identity is concerned God knows where all His people are. The notion that the British, Americans, or any other group are their descendants has no basis either in Scripture or sound history. Many individuals certainly have returned to their land during the long centuries of exile. In any case, when God finally regenerates and reestablishes the nation, all the tribes will be included, but as just "one nation, under Messiah.""

Defender: Eze 37:27 - My tabernacle

The Jerusalem temple will indeed be rebuilt and David will reign as king in Jerusalem during the millennial age. The promise in this verse includes but goes beyond this truth, as made clear in Rev 21:1-3. In the New Jerusalem, both Jews and Gentiles are included, and all the redeemed are the people of God."

TSK: Eze 37:20 - in thine

in thine : Eze 12:3; Num 17:6-9; Hos 12:10

TSK: Eze 37:21

Eze 34:13, Eze 36:24, Eze 39:25; Deu 30:3, Deu 30:4; Isa 11:11-16, Isa 27:12, Isa 27:13, Isa 43:6, Isa 49:12; Jer 16:15, Jer 23:3, Jer 23:8, Jer 29:14, Jer 30:3, Jer 30:10,Jer 30:18, Jer 31:8-10, Jer 32:37, Jer 33:7, Jer 33:11, Jer 50:19; Amo 9:14, Amo 9:15; Oba 1:17-21; Mic 7:11, Mic 7:12

TSK: Eze 37:22 - I will make // and one

I will make : Isa 11:12, Isa 11:13; Jer 3:18, Jer 32:39, Jer 50:4; Hos 1:11; Eph 2:19-22

and one : It is evident that the grand union of Israel and Judah here predicted, and their government under one king, and that king to be David, must still be future; for, politically speaking, they never had a king from that day to this, far less a king or prince of that name. (See note on Eze 34:23.) Eze 37:24, Eze 34:23, Eze 34:24; Gen 49:10; Psa 2:6, Psa 2:12, Psa 72:1, Psa 72:8; Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7; Jer 23:5, Jer 23:6; Jer 33:14-17, Jer 33:26; Hos 3:4, Hos 3:5; Luk 1:32, Luk 1:33; Joh 10:16; Rev 11:15

TSK: Eze 37:23 - shall they defile // but // will cleanse // they be

shall they defile : Eze 20:43, Eze 36:25, Eze 36:29, Eze 36:31, Eze 43:7, Eze 43:8; Isa 2:18; Hos 14:8; Zec 13:1, Zec 13:2, Zec 14:21

but : Eze 36:24, Eze 36:29; Lev 20:7, Lev 20:8; Mic 7:14

will cleanse : Eph 5:26, Eph 5:27; Heb 9:13, Heb 9:14; 1Jo 1:7, 1Jo 1:9

they be : Eze 37:27, Eze 36:28, Eze 39:22; Gen 17:7, Gen 17:8; Psa 68:20,Psa 68:35; Jer 31:1, Jer 31:33, Jer 32:38, Jer 32:39; Hos 1:10; Zec 13:9; Rev 21:3, Rev 21:4, Rev 21:7

TSK: Eze 37:24 - David // one // they shall

David : Eze 37:25; Isa 55:3, Isa 55:4; Jer 23:5, Jer 30:9; Hos 3:5; Luk 1:32

one : Eze 37:22, Eze 34:23, Eze 34:24; Psa 78:71, Psa 78:72, Psa 80:1; Ecc 12:11; Isa 40:11; Mic 5:2, Mic 5:4; Zec 13:7; Joh 10:11, Joh 10:14-16; Eph 4:4-6; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 5:4

they shall : Eze 36:27; Deu 30:6; Jer 31:33, Jer 32:39; 1Co 11:2; Eph 2:10; Phi 2:12, Phi 2:13; Tit 2:11-13, Tit 3:3-8; 1Jo 2:6

TSK: Eze 37:25 - they shall dwell in // even they // and my

they shall dwell in : Eze 37:21, Eze 28:25, Eze 36:28, Eze 37:26; Jer 30:3, Jer 31:24, Jer 32:41

even they : Isa 60:21, Isa 66:22; Joe 3:20; Amo 9:15; Zep 3:14, Zep 3:15; Zec 14:11

and my : Eze 37:24; Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7; Dan 2:44, Dan 2:45; Zec 6:12, Zec 6:13; Luk 1:32, Luk 1:33; Joh 12:34; Heb 7:2, Heb 7:21

TSK: Eze 37:26 - I will make // multiply // set

I will make : Eze 34:25; Gen 17:7; 2Sa 23:5; Psa 89:3, Psa 89:4; Isa 55:3, Isa 59:20,Isa 59:21; Jer 32:40; Hos 2:18-23; Joh 14:27; Heb 13:20,Heb 13:21

multiply : Eze 36:10,Eze 36:37; Isa 27:6, Isa 49:21; Jer 30:19, Jer 31:27; Zec 8:4, Zec 8:5; Heb 6:14

set : Eze 11:16, Eze 43:7, Eze 45:1-6; Lev 26:11, Lev 26:12; 1Ki 8:20,1Ki 8:21; Psa 68:18; Zec 2:5; 2Co 6:16

TSK: Eze 37:27 - tabernacle // I will

tabernacle : Joh 1:14; Col 2:9, Col 2:10; Rev 21:3, Rev 21:22

I will : Eze 37:23, Eze 11:20, Eze 14:11, Eze 36:28; Lev 26:12; Hos 2:23

TSK: Eze 37:28 - the heathen // sanctify

the heathen : Eze 36:23, Eze 36:36, Eze 38:23, Eze 39:7, Eze 39:23; Psa 79:10, Psa 102:15, Psa 126:2; Rom 11:15

sanctify : Eze 20:12; Exo 31:13; Lev 20:8, Lev 21:8; Joh 17:17-19; 1Co 1:30; Eph 5:26; 1Th 5:23

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Eze 37:20

To affect them the more, and to assure them the more fully, let them see these two divided sticks made one in thy hand.

Poole: Eze 37:21 - The children of Israel // Whither they be gone // On every side

See this explained Eze 36:24 .

The children of Israel the ten tribes, as well as Judah and Benjamin; at least, many of the ten tribes.

Whither they be gone: the expression seems to look to them that were gone among the heathen by a voluntary peregrination, whether before the captivity or after it I will not conjecture; but it is likely enough to me, that among the Jews carried away, and among their children, there were some that were uneasy where they were against their wills, who would ramble and range over countries, hoping to fare better; and perhaps these wanderers may be the persons meant by this gone, where they are who walked thither, as the Hebrew.

On every side the wind was to come from the four coasts of heaven, Eze 37:9 , thereby telling us they should, as here, be gathered on every side.

Poole: Eze 37:22 - I will make them one nation // In the land of Canaan // the mountains of Israel. One king // No more two nations

I will make them one nation: they were one in David’ s time, who was type of the Messiah, and continued so to the end of Solomon’ s time, whose name includes peace. So when the Beloved, the Peace-maker, the Messiah shall be King, and on his throne exercising his kingly power, they shall be once more one again.

In the land of Canaan called here, as elsewhere,

the mountains of Israel. One king Messiah; the most and best, if not the learnedest, interpreters understand not Zerubbabel, nor Nehemiah, nor Judas Maccabeus.

No more two nations the union under the Messiah’ s visible and actual exercise of his regal power shall be perpetual. From this place, so full and express for a firm, lasting union between the two nations Ephraim and Judah, and their being of two kingdoms made one in the land whence they were scattered, some take occasion to inquire whether it be fulfilled already, or remaineth yet to be accomplished; the discussion whereof, as it would be very alien to a literal paraphrase, and too prolix, I pass over, saying no more of it in the affirmative or negative.

Poole: Eze 37:23 - Defile themselves // Their idols // Their detestable things // Wherein they have sinned // Will cleanse them

Defile themselves: idolatry is a very defiling sin, and the Jews in both kingdoms were exceedingly addicted to it, pertinacious in it, to the utter ruin of both kingdoms; but after the return from Babylonish captivity, we find no where that they fell to idolatry.

Their idols: it may refer to the heathen, and then it means, they shall not defile themselves with the idols the heathen did worship; or to the idols of the Jews, their own idols, with which they shall no more be defiled.

Their detestable things the same with idols, and added to set out the loathsomeness of the sin. Their transgressions ; the former obstinate, bold, daring transgressors did that which these shall not defile themselves with: see Eze 36:25,33 11:17,18 . I will save them; whilst there I preserved them, and now I will bring them safe out of the places.

Wherein they have sinned where out of a bad fear, or worse choice, they sinned, as did the heathen with whom they dwelt.

Will cleanse them both sanctify and make them holy, and justify and give them pardon, Eze 36:29 . My people: see Eze 11:20 36:28 .

Poole: Eze 37:24 - David // Over them // One shepherd // They shall also walk

David: see Eze 34:23,24 . It is the Son of David, who was also his Lord, that is here intended. My servant: the Messiah, in his mediatory office, is God’ s servant and our Saviour.

Over them over their hearts, and rule there in spiritual manner.

One shepherd this King shall be a Shepherd, that feeds, not fleeceth, the flock; there is but one chief Shepherd, others that feed and rule the flock are so by commission from him.

They shall also walk & c.: it is both declaratory of duty, predictive of the event, and promissory of ability and assistance to keep the holy commandments of God. Christ’ s kingdom is that which by law and precept commandeth righteousness, and which by grace and power strengthens its subjects to this, and so the event is sure, and freest grace makes holiest lives.

Poole: Eze 37:25 - They // Your fathers // My servant David

They the ten tribes and the two tribes. That I have given: see Eze 28:25 .

Your fathers Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, whose memory you venerate, and greatly affect to be heirs more of their lands and houses than of their virtues and piety. Their children’ s children for ever: if this prophecy or promise be to be understood with the precedent verses in the letter of it, and not mystically and only spiritually, I doubt not but to the end of the world, till Christ’ s coming to judgment, the Jews converted to Christ, and professing the gospel, shall, they and their seed after them, inherit this land of Canaan in much peace and glory. But I speak on supposition, not asserting any thing herein.

My servant David typically understood it asserts the everlasting kingdom of our Messiah, and the everlasting happiness of all the faithful subjects of this King: see Eze 34:23,24 .

Poole: Eze 37:26 - I will make // A covenant of peace // An everlasting covenant // My sanctuary

I will make as it was my kindness to your fathers to give them, so shall it be to you to give you, my blessings on the sure and inviolable security of a covenant.

A covenant of peace comprehending all blessings that may give a people content, and render them happy; peace with God in heaven? peace in your conscience with yourselves, with your brethren in the church, with the beasts of the field, and with your enemies, who shall for fear, though not of love, keep peace with you, while your ways please your God.

An everlasting covenant the spiritual part is absolutely endless, the external part shall be for a long time, as it is always to be interpreted where temporals seem promised for ever.

My sanctuary both temple and worship; not such as is typical of the Messiah to come, but such as may assert he is come, such as bring to the knowledge, love, and obedience of him. I will set up a spiritually glorious temple and worship amidst you. For evermore ; never to be altered or abolished on earth, but to be consummated in heaven.

Poole: Eze 37:27 - My tabernacle // I will be their God // They shall be my people

My tabernacle the tabernacle of my presence, or wherein I will show my presence among them. Their fathers had a tabernacle of witness, so shall they; that was brought by Joshua into Canaan, but the Messiah shall bring with him a better, a spiritual and heavenly.

I will be their God: see Eze 11:20 Rev 21:1-3 .

They shall be my people by my grace I will make them holy, as the people of a holy God ought to be, and I will make them happy, as the people of the ever-blessed God expect and hope to be.

Poole: Eze 37:28

When Christ by his Spirit in gospel ordinances is among them, it shall appear they are a consecrated and a sanctified people.

Haydock: Eze 37:22 - King

King. The Jews were long without kings, after the captivity; then they were not of the tribe of Juda, and all did not return. Christ fulfils the prediction.

Haydock: Eze 37:23 - Idols

Idols. The Jews, even many of the priests, worshipped them, under Antiochus. (Calmet) ---

But the Church is never defiled. (Haydock)

Haydock: Eze 37:24 - David // Shepherd

David; Christ, the one shepherd, (John x.) over all nations. (Worthington) ---

This cannot refer to Zorobabel, who was never king, nor perhaps even governor; as Sasabasar, who seems to have been a Persian, was appointed by Cyrus, 1 Esdras i. 8. ---

Shepherd. David have been one. (Calmet) ---

This title is more modest than that of king. (St. Jerome)

Haydock: Eze 37:25 - Ever

Ever. Let the Jews shew how this had been accomplished. We know that Christ preserves and rule his Church unto the end.

Haydock: Eze 37:26 - Peace

Peace. Can this regard the synagogue? Not a century passed without some flagrant misconduct, or chastisement. But our Saviour is the mediator of peace, Philippians iv. 7. (Calmet)

Gill: Eze 37:20 - And the sticks whereon thou writest // shall be in thine hand before their eyes

And the sticks whereon thou writest,.... Or art about to write the above things, according to order and direction:

shall be in thine hand before their eyes; shall be held up to them to look at for some time, and observe the cement of the two sticks; and learn and lay up in their minds what is meant by this emblem; and be assured that what is hereafter said as a further explication of it shall certainly be fulfilled.

Gill: Eze 37:21 - And say unto them, thus saith the Lord God // behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the Heathen, whither they be gone // and will gather them on every side // and bring them into their own land

And say unto them, thus saith the Lord God,.... Or, as the Targum,

"thou shalt prophesy to them;''

for what follows is a prophecy of what shall be in the latter day:

behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the Heathen, whither they be gone, or, "from among the Gentiles" ^b; not only the Chaldeans, where they were carried captives; but from among the nations where they are now dispersed, and among whom they go freely of their own accord from place to place, for the sake of traffic: and this phrase, "whither they be gone", or "are going" ^c, travelling about from one country to another, better describes the present Jews, and their state, than those in the Babylonian captivity:

and will gather them on every side, or, "round about" ^d; from the several parts of the world where they are:

and bring them into their own land; the land of Canaan, given by the Lord to their fathers, and to them their posterity, for an inheritance; though now in the possession of others, who, it seems, are not the right owners.

Gill: Eze 37:22 - 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

And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel, As they were in the times of David and Solomon, who were both types of the Messiah; and to whose times is referred this prophecy by the ancient Jews ^e, as then to have its accomplishment:

and one king shall be king to them all, not Zerubbabel, nor Nehemiah, nor Judas Maccabaeus; for these were neither of them kings; and much less such as reigned for ever, as it is said this king shall, Eze 37:25, besides, he is expressly said to be David, that is, the Messiah the son of David; and this clause is by a modern Jewish ^f writer applied to him:

and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all; which is the very thing the two sticks made one were an emblem of.

Gill: Eze 37:23 - Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols // With their dung // nor with their detestable things // nor with any of their transgressions // but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned // and will cleanse them // so they shall be my people, and will be their God

Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols,....

With their dung, or dunghill gods ^g; either with the idols of the Gentiles, or their own: after their return from the Babylonish captivity, the Jews were no more addicted to idolatry; and the image worship of the Papists is an abhorrence to them at this day, and a stumblingblock to them in their embracing Christianity: and when they are effectually called and converted to Christ; they will no more have respect to the idols, the works of their own hands; or to the idol of their own righteousness, which they have set up, and have gone about to establish, and to make to stand; they will then see it to be as filthy rags, defiling to them, instead of justifying of them; and therefore shall reject it, and no more defile themselves with it; but seek the righteousness of Christ, which justifies from all sin, and renders pure and spotless in the sight of God,

nor with their detestable things; or "abominations" ^h; the traditions of the elders, which they have preferred to the word of God, and made the rule of their faith, worship, and conversation; which has made them detestable unto God:

nor with any of their transgressions; particularly their disbelief of Christ and their blasphemy against him; nor shall they indulge themselves in those sins which now prevail among them, as pride, covetousness, uncleanness, fraud, and tricking in their trade and commerce:

but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned; as wherever they dwell they do; they are notorious for their wickedness; but God will bring them out of all these places, where they have lived in sin, and been the occasion of it to some, as well as followed the example of others:

and will cleanse them; by sprinkling clean water upon them; by applying the blood of Christ to them, which cleanses from all sin see Eze 36:25,

so they shall be my people, and will be their God; the "loammi" will be taken off, and the covenant of grace shall be renewed with them, and made manifest to them; and the blessings and promises shall be applied to them, and particularly this; see Jer 31:1.

Gill: Eze 37:24 - And David my servant shall be king over them // and they all shall have one shepherd // and they shall also walk in my judgments, and keep my statutes, and do them

And David my servant shall be king over them,.... The King Messiah, as Kimchi interprets it; and so Abarbinel ⁱ and others; being of the seed of David, and of whom David was an eminent type; and who, as Mediator, is the Lord's servant, and as man appeared in the form of one: this shows that this prophecy looks further than the times of deliverance from the Babylonish captivity:

and they all shall have one shepherd: or king, the same as before: kings are called shepherds; see Eze 34:23,

and they shall also walk in my judgments, and keep my statutes, and do them; not the statutes and ordinances of the ceremonial law, which are abolished; and which the Jews, when converted, shall have no regard unto; but rather the precepts of the moral law, and chiefly the evangelic ordinances of baptism and the Lord's supper; which ordinances they shall walk in, and attend unto with constancy and pleasure; and which statutes they shall keep, as they have been delivered, impartially, without delay, in faith and love, and with a view to the glory of God; see Eze 36:27.

Gill: Eze 37:25 - And they shall dwell in the land which I have given to Jacob my servant // wherein your fathers have dwelt // and they shall dwell therein, even they and their children, and their children's children for ever // and my servant David shall be their prince for ever

And they shall dwell in the land which I have given to Jacob my servant,.... Abraham and Isaac are not mentioned, as Kimchi observes, because they had other children, who did not inherit the land; only Jacob, because the land was given to him, and his seed alter him:

wherein your fathers have dwelt; and so the more desirable to them; and whose inhabitation and possession of it were a pledge of theirs:

and they shall dwell therein, even they and their children, and their children's children for ever; unto the end of the world, or personal coming of Christ: and so everything after promised them is said to be for ever: this shows that this prophecy had not its accomplishment in the return of the Jews from Babylon to their own land; since they have been dispossessed of that again, in which state they now are; but that it refers to time to come, when, being converted to Christ, they shall possess their land again, and dwell in it, as long as the sun and moon endure:

and my servant David shall be their prince for ever; or their king, as the Targum; and which cannot be understood of any temporal prince, but of the King Messiah, whose throne is for ever and ever; whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom; and who shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever and ever, Psa 45:6 and to whom it is applied by several Jewish writers ^k.

Gill: Eze 37:26 - Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them // it shall be an everlasting covenant with them // and I will place them, and multiply them // and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore

Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them,.... So the covenant of grace is called, Isa 54:10, one principal article of which is peace and reconciliation made between God and his people by the blood of Christ, agreed on in that covenant, from whence it has its name: now here it signifies that this covenant should be made known to the converted Jews, and their interest in it; in virtue of which they shall see that peace is made for them by the blood of Christ; and shall have a true conscience peace in themselves, through that blood of the covenant being sprinkled on them; and be at peace with converted Gentiles, and even with their worst enemies, enjoying all kind of prosperity, temporal and spiritual:

it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; it shall not wax old, and vanish away, as the former covenant did; under which they were before the coming of Christ, which was exhibited in types and shadows, legal sacrifices and carnal ordinances; and besides, God will always have a covenant people among them from this time to the end of the world; so that a "loammi" shall no more be written upon them:

and I will place them, and multiply them; that is, place them in their own land, and increase their number there: or, "I will give them" ^l; a place in their land, and every blessing temporal and spiritual: so the Targum,

"I will bless them, and multiply them:''

and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore; not any material temple, but his word and ordinances; in which he will grant his spiritual presence with them, and which shall continue to the end of the world.

Gill: Eze 37:27 - My tabernacle also shall be with them // yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people

My tabernacle also shall be with them,.... The symbol of his presence: the meaning is, that he shall dwell in them by his Spirit and grace; and everyone of them shall be the temple of the living God, in whom he will walk and dwell:

yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people; which is repeated for the confirmation of it; see Eze 37:23.

Gill: Eze 37:28 - And the Heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel // when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore

And the Heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel,.... Or the Gentiles, the converted Gentiles, shall observe and take notice of the gracious dealings of God with his people the Jews; that he calls them with an holy calling; implants principles of grace and holiness in them; separates and consecrates them for his service, and enables them to walk holily, soberly, and righteously:

when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore; when his worship shall be set up among them; his Gospel shall be preached unto them, and received by them; and his ordinances administered unto them; and which shall continue till the second coming of Christ.