I Will Be Their God, They Shall Be My People

Ezekiel 37

15 The word of the Lord came to me: 16 z "Son of man, a take a stick 1 and write on it, 'For b Judah, and c the people of Israel associated with him'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For b Joseph (the stick of d Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.' 17 And e join them one to another into one stick, that f they may become g one in your hand. 18 And when h your people say to you, i 'Will you not tell us what you mean by these?' 19 say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am about to take j the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the j stick of Judah, 2 and k make them one stick, g that they may be one in my hand. 20 When the sticks on which you write are in your hand l before their eyes, 21 then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, m I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and m bring them to their own land. 22 And n I will make them one nation in the land, on o the mountains of Israel. And p one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer q two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. 23 r They shall not s defile themselves anymore t with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But u I will save them from all the backslidings 3 in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and v they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

24 "My servant w David x shall be king over them, and they shall all have y one shepherd. z They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 a They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there b forever, and David my servant shall be their prince c forever. 26 d I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be e an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land 4 and f multiply them, and will g set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 h My dwelling place shall be with them, v and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 Then i the nations will know that j I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when g my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore."

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 17:2
    Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them staffs, one for each fathers' house, from all their chiefs according to their fathers' houses, twelve staffs. Write each man's name on his staff.
  3. Cross References
    Zechariah 10:6
    I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back because I have compassion on them, and they shall be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
  4. Cross References
    Zechariah 10:6
    I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back because I have compassion on them, and they shall be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
  5. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 11:12 - 13
    And he put shields and spears in all the cities and made them very strong. So he held Judah and Benjamin.
    2 Chronicles 11:16
    And those who had set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
    2 Chronicles 15:9
    And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
    2 Chronicles 30:11
    However, some men of Asher, of Manasseh, and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
    2 Chronicles 30:18
    For a majority of the people, many of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than as prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, "May the good Lord pardon everyone
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 48:13 - 14
    And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near him.
    Genesis 48:19
    But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.
    Hosea 5:3
    I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore; Israel is defiled.
    Hosea 5:5
    The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:22
    And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. And one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms.
    Ezekiel 37:24
    My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:13
    The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 35:10
    Because you said, 'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them' - although the Lord was there -
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:2
    Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 12:9
    "Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, 'What are you doing?'
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:16
    "Son of man, take a stick and write on it, 'For Judah, and the people of Israel associated with him'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.'
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:16
    "Son of man, take a stick and write on it, 'For Judah, and the people of Israel associated with him'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.'
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:17
    And join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:17
    And join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 12:3
    As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself an exile's baggage, and go into exile by day in their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:25
    They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there forever, and David my servant shall be their prince forever.
    Ezekiel 36:24
    I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.
    Ezekiel 11:17
    Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord God : I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:25
    They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there forever, and David my servant shall be their prince forever.
    Ezekiel 36:24
    I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.
    Ezekiel 11:17
    Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord God : I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:17
    And join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
    Jeremiah 50:4
    In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, weeping as they come, and they shall seek the Lord their God.
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:2
    Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:24 - 25
    My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes.
    Ezekiel 34:24
    And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the Lord ; I have spoken.
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 35:10
    Because you said, 'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them' - although the Lord was there -
  23. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:25
    I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:11
    That the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor defile themselves anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be my people and I may be their God, declares the Lord God.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:25
    I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:29
    And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you.
  27. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:24
    And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my serv...
    Ezekiel 34:30
    And they shall know that I am the Lord their Go...
    2 Corinthians 6:16
    What agreement has the temple of God with idols...
    Revelation 21:3
    And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying...
    Exodus 29:45
    I will dwell among the people of Israel and wil...
    Leviticus 26:12
    And I will walk among you and will be your God,...
  28. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:23
    And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
  29. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:5
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
  30. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:22
    And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. And one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms.
  31. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:27
    And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
  32. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:25
    Thus says the Lord God : When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob.
  33. Cross References
    Isaiah 60:21
    Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
    Joel 3:20
    But Judah shall be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem to all generations.
    Amos 9:15
    I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them," says the Lord your God.
  34. Cross References
    John 12:34
    So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?
  35. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:25
    I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
  36. Cross References
    Isaiah 55:3
    Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
  37. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:10
    And I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt.
  38. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:28
    Then the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.
    Ezekiel 43:7
    And he said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel forever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoring and by the dead bodies of their kings at their high places.
    Ezekiel 11:16
    Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord God : Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while in the countries where they have gone.
  39. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:11
    I will make my dwelling among you, and my soul shall not abhor you.
    Revelation 21:3
    And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
  40. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:23
    They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
  41. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:23
    And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.
  42. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:12
    Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
  43. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:26
    I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
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