Ezekiel 37:22

World English Bible (2000)

and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעָשִׂ֣יתִי אֹ֠תָם לְג֨וֹי אֶחָ֤ד בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ בְּהָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמֶ֧לֶךְ אֶחָ֛ד יִֽהְיֶ֥ה לְכֻלָּ֖ם לְמֶ֑לֶךְ וְלֹ֤א יִֽהְיוּ־עוֹד֙ לִשְׁנֵ֣י גוֹיִ֔ם וְלֹ֨א יֵחָ֥צוּ ע֛וֹד לִשְׁתֵּ֥י מַמְלָכ֖וֹת עֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

And wᵊʿāśîtî them ʾōtām for lᵊgôy ʾeḥād in the land bāʾāreṣ in bᵊhārê Yiśrāʾēl and ûmelek ʾeḥād will be yihyeh for all of them lᵊkullām for king lᵊmelek and not wᵊlōʾ yihyû-ʿôd for lišnê gôyim and not wᵊlōʾ yēḥāṣû again ʿôd for lištê mamlākôt again ʿôd

Grammar Details

• *wᵊʿāśîtî*: verb, qal perfect with waw-consecutive, 1st person singular - and I will make
• *ʾōtām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
• *lᵊgôy*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - for a nation
• *ʾeḥād*: numeral, masculine singular - one
• *bāʾāreṣ*: preposition with noun, feminine singular with definite article - in the land
• *bᵊhārê*: preposition with noun, masculine plural construct - in the mountains of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ûmelek*: conjunction with noun, masculine singular - and a king
• *yihyeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will be
• *lᵊkullām*: preposition with noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for all of them
• *lᵊmelek*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - for a king
• *wᵊlōʾ*: conjunction with particle of negation - and not
• *yihyû-ʿôd*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with adverb - they will be again
• *lišnê*: preposition with numeral, masculine dual construct - for two
• *gôyim*: noun, masculine plural - nations
• *yēḥāṣû*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be divided
• *ʿôd*: adverb - again/still/yet
• *lištê*: preposition with numeral, feminine dual construct - for two
• *mamlākôt*: noun, feminine plural - kingdoms

Word Meanings

• *har*: mountain/hill
• *gôy*: nation/people/gentile
• *mamlākâ*: kingdom/sovereignty/dominion

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 37:24 : 24 My servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.
• Jer 50:4 : 4 In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Yahweh their God.
• Jer 3:18 : 18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
• Ezek 34:23-24 : 23 I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
• Hos 1:11 : 11 The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.
• Hos 3:4-5 : 4 For the children of Israel shall live many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without sacred stone, and without ephod or idols. 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.
• Luke 1:32-33 : 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom."
• John 10:16 : 16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
• Eph 2:19-22 : 19 So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, 20 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone; 21 in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
• Rev 11:15 : 15 The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
• Jer 32:39 : 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
• Jer 33:14-17 : 14 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah. 15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is [the name] by which she shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness. 17 For thus says Yahweh: David shall never want a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;
• Jer 33:26 : 26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.
• Gen 49:10 : 10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
• Ps 2:6 : 6 "Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion."
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him. A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
• Ps 72:1 : 1 God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
• Ps 72:8 : 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
• Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
• Isa 11:12-13 : 12 He will set up a banner for the nations, and will 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 will depart, and those who persecute Judah will be cut off. Ephraim won't envy Judah, and Judah won't persecute Ephraim.