Judah] the southern kingdom of the Two Tribes. Joseph.. Ephraim] the northern kingdom of the Ten Tribes; Ephraim, one of the two tribes descended from Joseph, being the principal one of the ten. Israel] used here and in Ezekiel 37:19, as generally by Ezekiel, in the sense, not of the northern kingdom, but of the whole nation.
Verse 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 vere f...
A prophecy of the reunion of Israel and Judah, the incorporation of Israel under one Ruler, the kingdom of Messiah upon earth and in heaven. Ezekiel 37:16 ONE STICK - So in the marginal reference th...
CHAPTER S 37-48 The Future Blessings of Israel, the Nation Regathered, Their Enemies Overthrown, the Millennial Temple, and the Division of the Land _ 1. The vision of the dry bones and Judah and I...
STICK. Hebrew "wood": put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for anything made of it. CHILDREN. sons, COMPANIONS: i.e. Benjamin and Levi. Hebrew text reads "companion" (singular); but...
Prophecy of the reunion of the restored Israel into one kingdom, ruled by one king, even David (1) Ezekiel 37:15. Symbol of the union of Judah and Israel into one kingdom, with its explanation. (2)...
_one stick_ i.e. staff, or rod, equivalent to sceptre, Numbers 17:2; so Ezekiel 37:17_; Ezekiel 37:19_. _children of Israel_ After the fall of the northern kingdom the name Israel was often used of Ju...
DISCOURSE: 1122 THE STICKS OF JUDAH AND OF EPHRAIM JOINED Ezekiel 37:15. The word of the Lord carne again unto me, saying, Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah,...
TAKE THEE ONE STICK, &C.— _Take—and write upon it, Judah, and the children of Israel,_ &c. _Then—Joseph, the stick Ephraim, and of all the house,_ &c. The design of this metaphorical action was to mar...
B. The Oracle of the Two Sticks 37:15-28 TRANSLATION (15) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (16) Now as for you, son of man, take for yourself a stick, and write upon it: For Judah, and...
Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephra...
EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 37 THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES – EZEKIEL 37:1-14 V1 I fe
ONE STICK... ANOTHER STICK. — These are not rods, as in Numbers 17:6, although Ezekiel may have had that event in mind; the word here is an entirely different one, and means simply a piece of wood. Th...
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LIFE FROM THE DEAD Ezekiel 37:1 The most formidable obstacle to faith on the part of the exiles in the possibility of a national redemption was the complete disintegration of the ancient people of Is...
The wonderful vision of the valley filled with bones was now granted to the prophet. As he gazed on them, he was asked, "Son of man, can these bones live?" His utter abandonment to God, even in the ma...
Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take (d) another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ep...
Associates. When Jeroboam caused the division, some of Israel adhered to Juda. The prophet glued the pieces of wood together, or engrafted them one into the other, to shew that all the people should b...
As the Prophet was taught by vision, the wonderful subject of Israel's recovery through grace; so here by figure, he is taught also the wonderful union that is one day to take place in that family, th...
Chapter 37 reveals the definitive blessing of the people as a fact, without entering into any details of the events that terminate in this blessing. The dry bones of Israel, of the nation as a whole,...
MOREOVER, THOU SON OF MAN, TAKE THEE ONE STICK,.... Or "wood" a; a stick of wood; or table, as the Targum; a board or plank. The Septuagint version renders it a "rod"; and so the Arabic; an emblem of...
Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephrai...
_Take thee one stick_ That is, one rod. The expression seems to allude to Numbers 17:2; where Moses was commanded to take twelve rods, one for each tribe, and to write the name of the tribe upon the r...
Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, literally, "a wood," that is, a piece of wood or rod, probably in allusion to Numbers 17:2, AND WRITE UPON IT, "FOR JUDAH," or "Judah's, pertaining to J...
THE SYMBOLICAL ACTION WITH THE STICKS...
15-28 This emblem was to show the people, that the Lord would unite Judah and Israel. Christ is the true David, Israel's King of old; and those whom he makes willing in the day of his power, he makes...
ONE STICK; tablet, i.e. a writing tablet or a tally, such as is fitted to be written upon, or a rod, or staff, on which thou mayst write; the Hebrew calls it wood, without describing its form and fash...
Ezekiel 37:16 son H1121 man H120 take H3947 (H8798) a H259 stick H6086 write H3789 (H8798) Judah...
THE TWO STICKS AND THE UNITING OF ISRAEL. ‘The word of Yahweh came again to me saying, “And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel his...
Ezekiel 37:1. _The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD,_ God's servants learn nothing until they have an experience similar to that of Ezekiel. They must be led...
CONTENTS: Vision of the valley of dry bones. Sign of the two sticks. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Ezekiel, Joseph, Ephraim, Judah. CONCLUSION: He who made man so fearfully and wonderfully can in li...
Ezekiel 37:14. _I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live._ A moral resurrection shall pass upon the people of Israel; the Lord shall “bring them up out of their graves,” where they have long bee...
_Take thee one stick._ JOINING THE STICKS I. The sad condition of the people of Israel at the time the prophet wrote. It was that of separation and of estrangement. Such a condition was-- 1. Contra...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 37:15 The idea of homecoming in the “dry bones” vision (vv. Ezekiel 37:1) provides a link to this oracle (see vv....
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 37:16 JOSEPH, as father of EPHRAIM (see Genesis 48:5,...
THE VISION OF THE DRY BONES REVIVIFIED A SYMBOL OF THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF ISRAEL. (Chap. 37.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 37:1. “THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS UPON ME.” “The abrupt commencement witho...
EXPOSITION This chapter embraces, in its earlier section (Ezekiel 37:1), the concluding portion of the "word of God" begun at Ezekiel 36:16; in its later section (Ezekiel 36:15), an additional "word,...
CHAPTER 37. THE VISION OF THE DRY BONES RESTORED TO LIFE AGAIN, AS SYMBOLICAL OF ISRAEL'S DEATH AND RESURRECTION. THE preceding prophecies have unfolded, in all essential particulars, the future salv...
Now in chapter 37, again, a prophecy of the restoration of the nation of Israel, the rebirth of the nation. The hand of the LORD was upon me, carried me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down...
1 Kings 12:16; 2 Chronicles 10:17; 2 Chronicles 10:19; 2 Chronicles 11:11;...
One stick — A writing tablet or a tally, such as is fit to be written upon. His companions — Benjamin and part of Levi, who kept with the tribe of Judah. Ephraim — Ephraim was the most considerable tr...