Ezekiel 37:21

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ הִנֵּ֨ה אֲנִ֤י לֹקֵ֙חַ֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִבֵּ֥ין הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָֽלְכוּ־שָׁ֑ם וְקִבַּצְתִּ֤י אֹתָם֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י אוֹתָ֖ם אֶל־אַדְמָתָֽם׃

Transliteration

And speak wᵊdabbēr to them ʾălêhem thus kōh-ʾāmar ʾădōnāy Yᵊhwih behold hinnēh ʾănî lōqēaḥ the ʾet-bᵊnê Yiśrāʾēl from among mibbên haggôyim where ʾăšer hālᵊkû-šām and wᵊqibbaṣtî them ʾōtām from around missābîb and wᵊhēbēʾtî them ʾôtām to ʾel-ʾadmātām

Grammar Details

• *wᵊdabbēr*: verb, piel imperative with waw-conjunctive, masculine singular - and speak
• *ʾălêhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
• *kōh-ʾāmar*: adverb with verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - thus said
• *ʾădōnāy*: noun, lord/master with 1st person singular suffix
• *Yᵊhwih*: divine name, YHWH
• *hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold
• *ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *lōqēaḥ*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - taking
• *ʾet-bᵊnê*: direct object marker with noun, masculine plural construct - the sons of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *mibbên*: preposition with preposition - from among
• *haggôyim*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the nations
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - where/which
• *hālᵊkû-šām*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine plural with adverb - they went there
• *wᵊqibbaṣtî*: verb, piel perfect with waw-consecutive, 1st person singular - and I will gather
• *ʾōtām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
• *missābîb*: preposition with adverb - from around
• *wᵊhēbēʾtî*: verb, hiphil perfect with waw-consecutive, 1st person singular - and I will bring
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
• *ʾel-ʾadmātām*: preposition with noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to their land

Word Meanings

• *gôy*: nation/people/gentile
• *qibbaṣtî*: I will gather/collect/assemble
• *ʾădāmâ*: ground/land/earth/soil

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 36:24 : 24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
• Obad 1:17-21 : 17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. 19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. 21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.
• Amos 9:14-15 : 14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
• Jer 16:15 : 15 But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
• Isa 43:5-6 : 5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
• Jer 23:8 : 8 But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
• Jer 29:14 : 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
• Jer 30:3 : 3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
• Jer 30:10 : 10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
• Jer 30:18 : 18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
• Jer 31:8-9 : 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. 10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
• Jer 32:37 : 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
• Jer 33:7 : 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
• Jer 33:11 : 11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
• Jer 50:19 : 19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
• Ezek 34:13 : 13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
• Isa 49:12 : 12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
• Isa 11:11-16 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. 15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. 16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
• Isa 27:12-13 : 12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
• Jer 23:3 : 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
• Ezek 39:25 : 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
• Ezek 39:27 : 27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
• Deut 30:3-4 : 3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. 4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
• Mic 7:11-12 : 11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. 12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.