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Ezekiel 37:21 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Say to them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land. "
Ezekiel 37:21
Verse in Context
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19 tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “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.
20 The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.”’
21 Say to them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land.
22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. One king will be king to them all. They will no longer be two nations. They won’t be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
23 They won’t defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. So they will be my people, and I will be their God.
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Ezekiel 37:1
"The LORD’s hand was on me, and he brought me out in the LORD’s Spirit, and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones."
Ezekiel 37:2
"He caused me to pass by them all around; and behold, there were very many in the open valley, and behold, they were very dry."
Ezekiel 37:3
"He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I answered, “Lord GOD, you know.”"
Ezekiel 37:4
"Again he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, ‘You dry bones, hear the LORD’s word."
Ezekiel 37:5
"The Lord GOD says to these bones: “Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you will live."
Ezekiel 37:6
"I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you will live. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”’”"
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