Ezekiel 37:27

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And my habitation shall be over them, And I will become their God,- And they, shall become my people,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Hebrew Names Version
My tent also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

King James Version
My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

English Standard Version
My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

New American Standard Bible
"My dwelling place also will be among them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.

New Century Version
The place where I live will be with them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Amplified Bible
"My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Geneva Bible (1587)
My tabernacle also shalbe with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shalbe my people.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Legacy Standard Bible
My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Berean Standard Bible
My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Contemporary English Version
and I will live among my people and be their God.

Complete Jewish Bible
My home will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Darby Translation
And my tabernacle shall be over them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Easy-to-Read Version
My Holy Tent will be with them. Yes, I will be their God and they will be my people.

George Lamsa Translation
My dwelling place also shall be with them; yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Good News Translation
I will live there with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Lexham English Bible
And my tabernacle will be with them, and I will be for them as God, and they will be to me as a nation.

Literal Translation
And My tabernacle shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My dwellinge shalbe wt them, yee I wil be their God, & they shalbe my people.

American Standard Version
My tabernacle also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Bible in Basic English
And my House will be over them; and I will be to them a God, and they will be to me a people.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
My dwelling-place also shall be over them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

King James Version (1611)
My Tabernacle also shalbe with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shalbe my people.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
My tabernacle shalbe with them: yea I wilbe their God, and they shalbe my people.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And my tabernacle shall be among them; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be my people.

English Revised Version
My tabernacle also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

World English Bible
My tent also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And my tabernacle schal be among hem, and Y schal be God to hem, and thei schulen be a puple to me.

Update Bible Version
My tabernacle also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Webster's Bible Translation
My tabernacle also shall be with them: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

New English Translation
My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

New King James Version
My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

New Living Translation
I will make my home among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

New Life Bible
I will live with them, and will be their God, and they will be My people.

New Revised Standard
My dwelling place shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And my tabernacle shall be with them: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Revised Standard Version
My dwelling place shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Young's Literal Translation
And My tabernacle hath been over them, And I have been to them for God, And they have been to Me for a people.

THE MESSAGE
Breath of Life God grabbed me. God 's Spirit took me up and set me down in the middle of an open plain strewn with bones. He led me around and among them—a lot of bones! There were bones all over the plain—dry bones, bleached by the sun. He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" I said, "Master God , only you know that." He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones: ‘Dry bones, listen to the Message of God !'" God , the Master, told the dry bones, "Watch this: I'm bringing the breath of life to you and you'll come to life. I'll attach sinews to you, put meat on your bones, cover you with skin, and breathe life into you. You'll come alive and you'll realize that I am God !" I prophesied just as I'd been commanded. As I prophesied, there was a sound and, oh, rustling! The bones moved and came together, bone to bone. I kept watching. Sinews formed, then muscles on the bones, then skin stretched over them. But they had no breath in them. He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath. Prophesy, son of man. Tell the breath, ‘ God , the Master, says, Come from the four winds. Come, breath. Breathe on these slain bodies. Breathe life!'" So I prophesied, just as he commanded me. The breath entered them and they came alive! They stood up on their feet, a huge army. Then God said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Listen to what they're saying: ‘Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, there's nothing left of us.' "Therefore, prophesy. Tell them, ‘ God , the Master, says: I'll dig up your graves and bring you out alive—O my people! Then I'll take you straight to the land of Israel. When I dig up graves and bring you out as my people, you'll realize that I am God . I'll breathe my life into you and you'll live. Then I'll lead you straight back to your land and you'll realize that I am God . I've said it and I'll do it. God 's Decree.'" God 's Message came to me: "You, son of man: Take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah, with his Israelite companions.' Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph—Ephraim's stick, together with all his Israelite companions.' Then tie the two sticks together so that you're holding one stick. "When your people ask you, ‘Are you going to tell us what you're doing?' tell them, ‘ God , the Master, says, Watch me! I'll take the Joseph stick that is in Ephraim's hand, with the tribes of Israel connected with him, and lay the Judah stick on it. I'll make them into one stick. I'm holding one stick.' "Then take the sticks you've inscribed and hold them up so the people can see them. Tell them, ‘ God , the Master, says, Watch me! I'm taking the Israelites out of the nations in which they've been exiled. I'll gather them in from all directions and bring them back home. I'll make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and give them one king—one king over all of them. Never again will they be divided into two nations, two kingdoms. Never again will they pollute their lives with their no-god idols and all those vile obscenities and rebellions. I'll save them out of all their old sinful haunts. I'll clean them up. They'll be my people! I'll be their God! My servant David will be king over them. They'll all be under one shepherd. "‘They'll follow my laws and keep my statutes. They'll live in the same land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren will live there forever, and my servant David will be their prince forever. I'll make a covenant of peace with them that will hold everything together, an everlasting covenant. I'll make them secure and place my holy place of worship at the center of their lives forever. I'll live right there with them. I'll be their God! They'll be my people!

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying: ¹⁶ Thou therefore Son of man Take thee one stick, and write upon it For Judah, and for the sons of Israel his companions, Then take thou another stick, and write upon it For Joseph the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel his companions. ¹⁷ Then bring them near - the one to the other - for thee into one stick,- And they shall become united in thy hand. ¹⁸ And when the sons of thy people speak unto thee I. saying,- Wt thou not tell us what these things are to thee? ¹⁹ speak unto them Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Lo! I, myself, am going to take the stick of Joseph. which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions, - And I will place them upon it even upon the stick of Judah. And will make of them one stick, And they shall become one in my hand. ²⁰ And the sticks whereon thou shalt write shall remain in thy hand before their eyes. ²¹ Therefore speak thou unto them Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Lo! myself am going to take the sons of Israel, from among the nations whither they have gone, - And I will gather them from every side, And will bring them in upon their own so; ²² And will make of them one nation in the land. among the mountains of Israel, And one king, shall they all have for king, - And they shall remain no longer two nations, Nor shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more. ²³ Neither shall they defile themselves any more With their manufactured gods or With their detestable things, or With any of their transgressions,- But I will save them out of all their dwelling- places, wherein they have sinned, And I will cleanse them And they shall become nay people, And I, will become their God. ²⁴ And my servant David shall be king over them, And one shepherd, shall they all have, And in my regulations, shall they walk, And my statutes, shall they observe and do them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

tabernacle: John 1:14, Colossians 2:9, Colossians 2:10, Revelation 21:3, Revelation 21:22

I will: Ezekiel 37:23, Ezekiel 11:20, Ezekiel 14:11, Ezekiel 36:28, Leviticus 26:12, Hosea 2:23

Reciprocal: Exodus 40:18 - reared Psalms 87:3 - Glorious Jeremiah 11:4 - ye be Jeremiah 24:7 - and they Jeremiah 30:22 - General Jeremiah 31:33 - and will Jeremiah 32:38 - General Ezekiel 16:60 - I will establish Ezekiel 34:24 - I the Lord will Ezekiel 34:30 - General Ezekiel 39:29 - hide Hosea 2:1 - Ammi Hosea 11:9 - the Holy One Zechariah 2:10 - and I Zechariah 8:8 - they shall be my Zechariah 13:9 - It is my people John 20:17 - your God 2 Corinthians 6:16 - I will be Hebrews 8:10 - I will be

Cross-References

Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him, Surely, my bone and my flesh, art thou. So he abode with him a month of days.

Genesis 37:14
So he said to him - Go, I pray thee, look after the welfare of thy brethren, and the welfare of the flock, and bring me back word. And he sent him from the vale of Hebron, and he came in towards Shechem.

Genesis 37:17
And the man said, They have broken up from hence, for I heard them saying Let us go our way towards Dothan. So Joseph went after his brethren, and found them, in Dothan.

Genesis 37:22
And Reuben said unto them Do not shed blood! Cast him into this pit, which is in the wilderness, but put not forth, a hand, against him! that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him unto his father.

Genesis 42:21
And they said each man unto his brother - Verily guilty, we are, respecting our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul when he appealed unto us for favour and we hearkened not, - therefore, hath come in unto us this distress.

Exodus 21:16
And, he that stealeth a man of the sons of Israel, and selleth him, or he be found in his hand, shall, surely be put to death.

Exodus 21:21
nevertheless if, for a day or for two days, he continue, he shall not be avenged, for, his silver, he is.

1 Samuel 18:17
So then Saul said unto David - Lo! my elder daughter Merab, her, will I give thee to wife, only, approve thyself unto me as a son of valour and fight the battles of Yahweh. Saul, however, had said to himself - Let not, my own hand, be upon him, but let, the hand of the Philistines, be upon him.

2 Samuel 12:9
Wherefore, hast thou despised the word of Yahweh, by doing that which is wicked in mine eyes? Uriah the Hittite, hast thou smitten with the sword, and, his wife, hast thou taken to thyself to wife, yea, him, hast thou slain with the sword of the sons of Ammon!

Nehemiah 5:8
and I said unto them, We, have bought our brethren the Jews, who had sold themselves unto the nations, according to our ability, and will, ye, even sell your brethren, or shall they sell themselves unto us? And they were silent, and found no answer.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

My tabernacle also shall be with them,.... The symbol of his presence: the meaning is, that he shall dwell in them by his Spirit and grace; and everyone of them shall be the temple of the living God, in whom he will walk and dwell:

yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people; which is repeated for the confirmation of it; see Ezekiel 37:23.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 reference the names of the tribes had been written on rods or sticks.

For Judah ... - To the house of David had remained faithful, not only Judah, but also Benjamin, Levi, and part of Simeon, and individual members of various tribes 2 Chronicles 11:12-16. Compare the marginal references.

Joseph ... Ephraim - Compare Psalms 78:67; Hosea 5:5 ff “Joseph” is the general name here for the ten tribes, including “Ephraim,” the chief tribe, and his companions. Omit “for” before “all.” “All the house of Israel” is here the ten tribes.

Ezekiel 37:19

In the hand of Ephraim - Because Ephraim was the ruling tribe; the words are contrasted with “in mine hand.”

Ezekiel 37:20

This sign was literally enacted in the presence of the people, not, like some signs, merely in vision (see the Ezekiel 3:1 note).

Ezekiel 37:21

The gathering together of the children of Israel was to take effect in the first place in the return from Babylon, when the distinction of Israel and Judah should cease. The full completion concerns times still future, when all Israel shall come in to acknowledge the rule of Christ.

Ezekiel 37:22

One king - The restoration of Israel to their native soil will lead the way to the coming of the promised King, the Son of David, who will gather into His kingdom the true Israel, all who shall by faith be acknowledged as the Israel of God. The reign of the One King David is the reign of Christ in His kingdom, the Church.

Ezekiel 37:25, Ezekiel 37:26

An enlargement of the promises. The kingdom is to be “forever,” the covenant “everlasting.” This looks forward to the consummation of all God’s promises 1 Corinthians 15:24, 1 Corinthians 15:28.

Ezekiel 37:27

This gives a final blessing reserved for God’s accepted servants. The tabernacle and temple were outward symbols of His presence. The re-erection of the temple by Zerubbabel was the first step to a restoration of the presence of God. The second step was the presence of Christ, first in the flesh, then in His Church, and finally the eternal presence of God and of the Lamb in the New Jerusalem Revelation 21:0.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 37:27. My tabernacle — Jesus Christ, the true tabernacle, in whom dwelt all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.