Ezekiel 37:21 (LSB)

Passage

And speak to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land;

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 37:19 say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’

Ezekiel 37:20 And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.

Ezekiel 37:21 And speak to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I 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, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms.

Ezekiel 37:23 They also will no longer defile themselves with their idols or with their detestable things or with any of their transgressions; but I will save them from all their places of habitation in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "speak", "thus", "says", "lord", "yahweh", "behold", "take", and "sons". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "speak" and "thus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "And the sticks on which you write..." into verse 22's "and I will make them one nation...", so "speak" and "thus" 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 "speak" and "thus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.