Ezekiel 37:22 (DRB)

Passage

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 no more be two nations, neither shall they be divided any more into two kingdoms.

Nearby Context

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

Ezekiel 37:21 And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will take of the children of Israel from the midst of the nations whither they are gone: and I will gather them on every side, and will bring them to their own land.

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 no more be two nations, neither shall they be divided any more into two kingdoms.

Ezekiel 37:23 Nor shall they be defiled any more with their idols, nor with their abominations, nor with all their iniquities: and I will save them out of all the places in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 37:24 And my servant David shall be king over them, and they shall have one shepherd: they shall walk in my judgments, and shall keep my commandments, and shall do them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "make", "nation", "land", "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 thou shalt say to them Thus..." into verse 23's "Nor shall they be defiled any more...", 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.