Ezekiel 37:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children, for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָשְׁב֣וּ עַל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָתַ֙תִּי֙ לְעַבְדִּ֣י לְיַֽעֲקֹ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָֽשְׁבוּ־בָ֖הּ אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וְיָשְׁב֣וּ עָלֶ֡יהָ הֵ֠מָּה וּבְנֵיהֶ֞ם וּבְנֵ֤י בְנֵיהֶם֙ עַד־עוֹלָ֔ם וְדָוִ֣ד עַבְדִּ֔י נָשִׂ֥יא לָהֶ֖ם לְעוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

And they will dwell wᵊyāšᵊbû upon ʿal-hāʾāreṣ which ʾăšer nātattî to my servant lᵊʿabdî to lᵊYaʿăqōb which ʾăšer yāšᵊbû-bāh your fathers ʾăbôtêkem and they will dwell wᵊyāšᵊbû upon it ʿālêhā they hēmmâ and their sons ûbᵊnêhem and sons of their sons ûbᵊnê bᵊnêhem forever ʿad-ʿôlām and wᵊDāwid my servant ʿabdî prince nāśîʾ to them lāhem forever lᵊʿôlām

Grammar Details

• *wᵊyāšᵊbû*: verb, qal perfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will dwell
• *ʿal-hāʾāreṣ*: preposition with noun, feminine singular with definite article - upon the land
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *nātattî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I gave
• *lᵊʿabdî*: preposition with noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - to my servant
• *lᵊYaʿăqōb*: preposition with proper noun - to Jacob
• *yāšᵊbû-bāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine plural with preposition and 3rd person feminine singular suffix - they dwelt in it
• *ʾăbôtêkem*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your fathers
• *ʿālêhā*: preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - upon it
• *hēmmâ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - they
• *ûbᵊnêhem*: conjunction with noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their sons
• *ûbᵊnê*: conjunction with noun, masculine plural construct - and sons of
• *bᵊnêhem*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their sons
• *ʿad-ʿôlām*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - forever
• *wᵊDāwid*: conjunction with proper noun - and David
• *ʿabdî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my servant
• *nāśîʾ*: noun, masculine singular - prince
• *lāhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
• *lᵊʿôlām*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - forever

Word Meanings

• *ʾereṣ*: land/earth/territory
• *yāšab*: dwell/sit/remain
• *ʿôlām*: forever/eternity/perpetuity
• *nāśîʾ*: prince/chief/ruler

Referenced Verses

• Amos 9:15 : 15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith Jehovah thy God.
• Ezek 28:25 : 25 Thus says the Lord Jehovah: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they live in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
• Ezek 37:24 : 24 And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in mine ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.
• Ezek 37:26 : 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
• Joel 3:20 : 20 But Judah shall abide for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
• Isa 60:21 : 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
• Isa 66:22 : 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith Jehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.
• Zeph 3:14-15 : 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15 Jehovah hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the King of Israel, even Jehovah, is in the midst of thee; thou shalt not fear evil any more.
• Zech 6:12-13 : 12 and speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of Jehovah; 13 even he shall build the temple of Jehovah; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
• Zech 14:11 : 11 And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.
• Luke 1:32-33 : 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
• John 12:34 : 34 The multitude therefore answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
• Heb 7:2 : 2 to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, {G3303} by interpretation, King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is King of peace;
• Heb 7:21 : 21 (for {G3303} they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a priest for ever);
• Jer 30:3 : 3 For, lo, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
• Jer 31:24 : 24 And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell therein together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.
• Jer 32:41 : 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
• Ezek 36:28 : 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
• Ezek 37:21 : 21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
• Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
• Isa 11:1 : 1 And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.
• Dan 2:44-45 : 44 And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.