Bible Strands
Ezekiel 28:25
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord Yahweh speaks to the exiled house of Israel through the prophet Ezekiel, following the promise of removing surrounding hostile nations and preceding the guarantee of secure settlement in their own territory.
The words — בְּ/קַבְּצִ֣/י (be./ka.be.Tz/i) translates literally as “when I gather,” marking the decisive divine action that initiates the restoration sequence.
The thread — The motif of divine gathering appears in Jeremiah 32:37, Ezekiel 20:41, and Psalms 106:47, where God collects scattered Israel from foreign lands to reestablish covenant relationship.
Why it lands — The text declares that God’s holiness will be visibly demonstrated to surrounding nations precisely when He regathers Israel, requiring the reader to recognize that national restoration serves as a public revelation of divine character rather than mere political restoration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord God; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 32:37 I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.
- Ezekiel 20:41 When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.
- Psalms 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- Jeremiah 23:8 Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”
- Ezekiel 11:17 Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’
- Ezekiel 36:28 Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
- Ezekiel 37:25 They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
- Isaiah 11:12 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
- Ezekiel 28:22 And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.
- Ezekiel 34:13 I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.