“ And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. ”
A prophecy of the reunion of Israel and Judah, the incorporation of Israel under one Ruler, the kingdom of Messiah upon earth and in heaven. Ezekiel 37:16 One stick - So in the marginal ref...
DISCOURSE: 1122 THE STICKS OF JUDAH AND OF EPHRAIM JOINED Ezekiel 37:15-22 . The word of the Lord carne again unto me, saying, Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it,...
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. No JFB commentary on these verses.
The New Israel (Ezekiel 33-48) So long as the Jewish kingdom remained in existence Ezekiel's prophecies (those in Ezekiel 1-24) dealt almost exclusively with the nation's sin, and with the certain...
Before their eyes. — The symbolical action was not only to be performed before the people, but the united wood was to remain in the prophet’s hand, while he unfolded to them the Divine promise. Tha...
LIFE FROM THE DEAD Ezekiel 37:1-28 The most formidable obstacle to faith on the part of the exiles in the possibility of a national redemption was the complete disintegration of the ancient peo...
The wonderful vision of the valley filled with bones was now granted to the prophet. As he gazed on them, he was asked, "Son of man, can these bones live?" His utter abandonment to God, even in the m...
As the Prophet was taught by vision, the wonderful subject of Israel's recovery through grace; so here by figure, he is taught also the wonderful union that is one day to take place in that family, t...
And the sticks whereon thou writest ,.... Or art about to write the above things, according to order and direction: shall be in thine hand before their eyes ; shall be held up to them to look at f...
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. Ver. 20. Shall be in thine hand before their eyes. ] That by this vision publicly acted they may be the better affecte...
Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest Ezekiel foretold many things by signs; and the Jews were very inquisitive into the meaning of them: but sometimes their curiosity proceeded rather from a sec...
Cheering Promises. B. C. 586. 15 The word of the L ORD came again unto me, saying, ...
To affect them the more, and to assure them the more fully, let them see these two divided sticks made one in thy hand.
“And when the children of your people speak to you saying, ‘Will you not show what you mean by these?', you say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh. Behold I will take the stick of Joseph which is in...
THE VISION OF THE DRY BONES REVIVIFIED A SYMBOL OF THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF ISRAEL. (Chap. 37.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 37:1 . “The hand of the Lord was upon me.” “The abrupt commencement...
Ezekiel 37:1 . The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, God's servants learn nothing until they have an experience similar to that of Ezekiel. They must be...
Ezekiel 37:14 . I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live. A moral resurrection shall pass upon the people of Israel; the Lord shall “bring them up out of their graves,” where they have long...
EXPOSITION This chapter embraces, in its earlier section ( Ezekiel 37:1-26 ), the concluding portion of the "word of God" begun at Ezekiel 36:16 ; in its later section ( Ezekiel 36:15-26 ), an...
The Symbolical Action with the Sticks
Ezekiel 12:3 ; Hosea 12:10 ; Numbers 17:6-9