Ezekiel 37:22 (DBY)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 37:20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.

Ezekiel 37:21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them from every side, and bring them into their own land:

Ezekiel 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.

Ezekiel 37:23 And they shall not defile themselves any more with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; and I will save them out of all their dwelling-places wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 37:24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: and they shall walk in mine ordinances, and keep my statutes, and do them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "make", "nation", "land", "upon", "mountains", "israel", "king", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "make" and "nation", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "And say unto them Thus saith the..." into verse 23's "And they shall not defile themselves any...", so "make" and "nation" belong inside that flow. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "make" and "nation" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.