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Ezekiel 36:24
For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the exiled Israelites through Ezekiel during a vision concerning the vindication of His name among the nations. The prophecy marks the transition from profanation to the promised physical restoration of the people.
The words — וְ/לָקַחְתִּי (la.kach.Ti) translates as "I will take," and וְ/קִבַּצְתִּי (ki.batz.Ti) translates as "I will gather." Both verbs carry the literal sense of God actively removing His people from foreign territories and assembling them.
The thread — The same restoration action appears in Ezekiel 37:21 and Ezekiel 34:13, where God again promises to take and gather His people from the nations into their own land. Amos 9:14 reinforces the pattern by declaring God will restore Israel from captivity.
Why it lands — The text first declares a concrete promise of geographical return before any spiritual meaning is derived. It requires the reader to recognize that the movement of the people originates entirely from divine initiative.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 37:21 you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.
- 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.
- Amos 9:14 I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Psalms 107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
- Deuteronomy 30:3 then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
- Isaiah 43:5 Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
- Jeremiah 23:3 Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
- Jeremiah 30:3 For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
- Jeremiah 30:18 This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
- 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.’