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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 20:37 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 20:37 |
Strong Concordance |
And I will cause you to pass [05674] under the rod [07626], and I will bring [0935] you into the bond [04562] of the covenant [01285]: |
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King James |
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
pass under the rod--metaphor from a shepherd who makes his sheep pass under his rod in counting them (Lev 27:32; Jer 33:13). Whether you will or not, ye shall be counted as Mine, and so shall be subjected to My chastening discipline (Mic 7:14), with a view to My ultimate saving of the chosen remnant (compare Joh 10:27-29).
bond of . . . covenant--I will constrain you by sore chastisements to submit yourselves to the covenant to which ye are lastingly bound, though now you have cast away God's bond from you. Fulfilled in part, Neh 9:8, Neh 9:26, Neh 9:32-38; Neh. 10:1-39; fully hereafter (Isa 54:10-13; Isa 52:1-2). |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
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The passage is a prophecy of the future judgment upon Israel, regathered from all nations (see "Israel," (Isa 1:24-26) refs. Into the old wilderness wanderings. (Eze 20:35). The issue of this judgment determines who of Israel in that day shall enter the land for kingdom blessing. (Psa 50:1-7); (Eze 20:33-44); (Mal 3:2-5); (Mal 4:1); (Mal 4:2) see other judgments,
(See Scofield) - (Joh 12:31).
(See Scofield) - (Co1 11:31).
(See Scofield) - (Co2 5:10).
(See Scofield) - (Mat 25:32).
(See Scofield) - (Jde 1:6).
(See Scofield) - (Rev 20:12). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I will cause - I will bring you out by number, so that you shall either own my scepter, or by a conquered subjection, yield to my sword and power. Under the rod - Referring to the manner of shepherds in that country, who did tell their sheep in, and out of the fold. Bring you - The voluntary and obedient into covenant with myself. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
I will cause you to pass under the rod - This alludes to the custom of tithing the sheep. I take it from the rabbins. The sheep were all penned; and the shepherd stood at the door of the fold, where only one sheep could come out at once. He had in his hand a rod dipped in vermillion; and as they came out, he counted one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine; and as the tenth came out, he marked it with the rod, and said, "This is the tenth;" and that was set apart for the Lord.
I wilt bring you into the bond of the covenant - You shall be placed under the same obligations as before, and acknowledge your selves bound; ye shall feel your obligation, and live according to its nature. |
1 Awake [05782], awake [05782]; put on [03847] thy strength [05797], O Zion [06726]; put on [03847] thy beautiful [08597] garments [0899], O Jerusalem [03389], the holy [06944] city [05892]: for henceforth there shall no more [03254] come [0935] into thee the uncircumcised [06189] and the unclean [02931].
2 Shake [05287] thyself from the dust [06083]; arise [06965], and sit down [03427], O Jerusalem [03389]: loose [06605] thyself from the bands [04147] of thy neck [06677], O captive [07628] daughter [01323] of Zion [06726].
10 For the mountains [02022] shall depart [04185], and the hills [01389] be removed [04131]; but my kindness [02617] shall not depart [04185] from thee, neither shall the covenant [01285] of my peace [07965] be removed [04131], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] that hath mercy [07355] on thee.
11 O thou afflicted [06041], tossed with tempest [05590], and not comforted [05162], behold, I will lay [07257] thy stones [068] with fair colours [06320], and lay thy foundations [03245] with sapphires [05601].
12 And I will make [07760] thy windows [08121] of agates [03539], and thy gates [08179] of carbuncles [068] [0688], and all thy borders [01366] of pleasant [02656] stones [068].
13 And all thy children [01121] shall be taught [03928] of the LORD [03068]; and great [07227] shall be the peace [07965] of thy children [01121].
32 Now therefore, our God [0430], the great [01419], the mighty [01368], and the terrible [03372] God [0410], who keepest [08104] covenant [01285] and mercy [02617], let not all the trouble [08513] seem little [04591] before [06440] thee, that hath come [04672] upon us, on our kings [04428], on our princes [08269], and on our priests [03548], and on our prophets [05030], and on our fathers [01], and on all thy people [05971], since the time [03117] of the kings [04428] of Assyria [0804] unto this day [03117].
33 Howbeit thou art just [06662] in all that is brought [0935] upon us; for thou hast done [06213] right [0571], but we have done wickedly [07561]:
34 Neither have our kings [04428], our princes [08269], our priests [03548], nor our fathers [01], kept [06213] thy law [08451], nor hearkened [07181] unto thy commandments [04687] and thy testimonies [05715], wherewith thou didst testify [05749] against them.
35 For they have not served [05647] thee in their kingdom [04438], and in thy great [07227] goodness [02898] that thou gavest [05414] them, and in the large [07342] and fat [08082] land [0776] which thou gavest [05414] before [06440] them, neither turned [07725] they from their wicked [07451] works [04611].
36 Behold, we are servants [05650] this day [03117], and for the land [0776] that thou gavest [05414] unto our fathers [01] to eat [0398] the fruit [06529] thereof and the good [02898] thereof, behold, we are servants [05650] in it:
37 And it yieldeth much [07235] increase [08393] unto the kings [04428] whom thou hast set [05414] over us because of our sins [02403]: also they have dominion [04910] over our bodies [01472], and over our cattle [0929], at their pleasure [07522], and we are in great [01419] distress [06869].
38 And because of all this we make [03772] a sure [0548] covenant, and write [03789] it; and our princes [08269], Levites [03881], and priests [03548], seal [02856] unto it.
26 Nevertheless they were disobedient [04784], and rebelled [04775] against thee, and cast [07993] thy law [08451] behind [0310] their backs [01458], and slew [02026] thy prophets [05030] which testified [05749] against them to turn [07725] them to thee, and they wrought [06213] great [01419] provocations [05007].
8 And foundest [04672] his heart [03824] faithful [0539] before [06440] thee, and madest [03772] a covenant [01285] with him to give [05414] the land [0776] of the Canaanites [03669], the Hittites [02850], the Amorites [0567], and the Perizzites [06522], and the Jebusites [02983], and the Girgashites [01622], to give [05414] it, I say, to his seed [02233], and hast performed [06965] thy words [01697]; for thou art righteous [06662]:
27 My [1699] sheep [4263] hear [191] my [3450] voice [5456], and I [2504] know [1097] them [846], and [2532] they follow [190] me [3427]:
28 And I [2504] give [1325] unto them [846] eternal [166] life [2222]; and [2532] they shall [622] never [3364] [1519] [165] perish [622], neither [2532] [3756] shall [726] any [5100] man pluck [726] them [846] out of [1537] my [3450] hand [5495].
29 My [3450] Father [3962], which [3739] gave [1325] them me [3427], is [2076] greater than [3187] all [3956]; and [2532] no [3762] man is able [1410] to pluck [726] them out of [1537] my [3450] Father's [3962] hand [5495].
14 Feed [07462] thy people [05971] with thy rod [07626], the flock [06629] of thine heritage [05159], which dwell [07931] solitarily [0910] in the wood [03293], in the midst [08432] of Carmel [03760]: let them feed [07462] in Bashan [01316] and Gilead [01568], as in the days [03117] of old [05769].
13 In the cities [05892] of the mountains [02022], in the cities [05892] of the vale [08219], and in the cities [05892] of the south [05045], and in the land [0776] of Benjamin [01144], and in the places about [05439] Jerusalem [03389], and in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], shall the flocks [06629] pass again [05674] under the hands [03027] of him that telleth [04487] them, saith [0559] the LORD [03068].
32 And concerning the tithe [04643] of the herd [01241], or of the flock [06629], even of whatsoever passeth [05674] under the rod [07626], the tenth [06224] shall be holy [06944] unto the LORD [03068].
12 And [2532] I saw [1492] the dead [3498], small [3398] and [2532] great [3173], stand [2476] before [1799] God [2316]; and [2532] the books [975] were opened [455]: and [2532] another [243] book [975] was opened [455], which [3739] is [2076] the book of life [2222]: and [2532] the dead [3498] were judged [2919] out of [1537] those things which were written [1125] in [1722] the books [975], according to [2596] their [846] works [2041].
6 And [5037] the angels [32] which kept [5083] not [3361] their [1438] first estate [746], but [235] left [620] their own [2398] habitation [3613], he hath reserved [5083] in everlasting [126] chains [1199] under [5259] darkness [2217] unto [1519] the judgment [2920] of the great [3173] day [2250].
32 And [2532] before [1715] him [846] shall be gathered [4863] all [3956] nations [1484]: and [2532] he shall separate [873] them [846] one [240] from [575] another [240], as [5618] a shepherd [4166] divideth [873] his sheep [4263] from [575] the goats [2056]:
10 For [1063] we [2248] must [1163] all [3956] appear [5319] before [1715] the judgment seat [968] of Christ [5547]; that [2443] every one [1538] may receive [2865] the things done in [1223] his body [4983], according [4314] to that [3739] he hath done [4238], whether [1535] it be good [18] or [1535] bad [2556].
31 For [1063] if [1487] we would judge [1252] ourselves [1438], we should [302] not [3756] be judged [2919].
31 Now [3568] is [2076] the judgment [2920] of this [5127] world [2889]: now [3568] shall [1544] the prince [758] of this [5127] world [2889] be cast [1544] out [1854].
2 But unto you that fear [03373] my name [08034] shall the Sun [08121] of righteousness [06666] arise [02224] with healing [04832] in his wings [03671]; and ye shall go forth [03318], and grow up [06335] as calves [05695] of the stall [04770].
1 For, behold, the day [03117] cometh [0935], that shall burn [01197] as an oven [08574]; and all the proud [02086], yea, and all that do [06213] wickedly [07564], shall be stubble [07179]: and the day [03117] that cometh [0935] shall burn them up [03857], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], that it shall leave [05800] them neither root [08328] nor branch [06057].
2 But who may abide [03557] the day [03117] of his coming [0935]? and who shall stand [05975] when he appeareth [07200]? for he is like a refiner's [06884] fire [0784], and like fullers [03526] ' soap [01287]:
3 And he shall sit [03427] as a refiner [06884] and purifier [02891] of silver [03701]: and he shall purify [02891] the sons [01121] of Levi [03878], and purge [02212] them as gold [02091] and silver [03701], that they may offer [05066] unto the LORD [03068] an offering [04503] in righteousness [06666].
4 Then shall the offering [04503] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] be pleasant [06149] unto the LORD [03068], as in the days [03117] of old [05769], and as in former [06931] years [08141].
5 And I will come near [07126] to you to judgment [04941]; and I will be a swift [04116] witness [05707] against the sorcerers [03784], and against the adulterers [05003], and against false [08267] swearers [07650], and against those that oppress [06231] the hireling [07916] in his wages [07939], the widow [0490], and the fatherless [03490], and that turn aside [05186] the stranger [01616] from his right, and fear [03372] not me, saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
33 As I live [02416], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], surely with a mighty [02389] hand [03027], and with a stretched out [05186] arm [02220], and with fury [02534] poured out [08210], will I rule [04427] over you:
34 And I will bring you out [03318] from the people [05971], and will gather [06908] you out of the countries [0776] wherein ye are scattered [06327], with a mighty [02389] hand [03027], and with a stretched out [05186] arm [02220], and with fury [02534] poured out [08210].
35 And I will bring [0935] you into the wilderness [04057] of the people [05971], and there will I plead [08199] with you face [06440] to face [06440].
36 Like as I pleaded [08199] with your fathers [01] in the wilderness [04057] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], so will I plead [08199] with you, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
37 And I will cause you to pass [05674] under the rod [07626], and I will bring [0935] you into the bond [04562] of the covenant [01285]:
38 And I will purge out [01305] from among you the rebels [04775], and them that transgress [06586] against me: I will bring them forth [03318] out of the country [0776] where they sojourn [04033], and they shall not enter [0935] into the land [0127] of Israel [03478]: and ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].
39 As for you, O house [01004] of Israel [03478], thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Go [03212] ye, serve [05647] ye every one [0376] his idols [01544], and hereafter [0310] also, if ye will not hearken [08085] unto me: but pollute [02490] ye my holy [06944] name [08034] no more with your gifts [04979], and with your idols [01544].
40 For in mine holy [06944] mountain [02022], in the mountain [02022] of the height [04791] of Israel [03478], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], there shall all the house [01004] of Israel [03478], all of them in the land [0776], serve [05647] me: there will I accept [07521] them, and there will I require [01875] your offerings [08641], and the firstfruits [07225] of your oblations [04864], with all your holy things [06944].
41 I will accept [07521] you with your sweet [05207] savour [07381], when I bring you out [03318] from the people [05971], and gather [06908] you out of the countries [0776] wherein ye have been scattered [06327]; and I will be sanctified [06942] in you before [05869] the heathen [01471].
42 And ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I shall bring [0935] you into the land [0127] of Israel [03478], into the country [0776] for the which I lifted up [05375] mine hand [03027] to give [05414] it to your fathers [01].
43 And there shall ye remember [02142] your ways [01870], and all your doings [05949], wherein ye have been defiled [02930]; and ye shall lothe [06962] yourselves in your own sight [06440] for all your evils [07451] that ye have committed [06213].
44 And ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I have wrought [06213] with you for my name's [08034] sake, not according to your wicked [07451] ways [01870], nor according to your corrupt [07843] doings [05949], O ye house [01004] of Israel [03478], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
1 A Psalm [04210] of Asaph [0623]. The mighty [0410] God [0430], even the LORD [03068], hath spoken [01696], and called [07121] the earth [0776] from the rising [04217] of the sun [08121] unto the going down [03996] thereof.
2 Out of Zion [06726], the perfection [04359] of beauty [03308], God [0430] hath shined [03313].
3 Our God [0430] shall come [0935], and shall not keep silence [02790]: a fire [0784] shall devour [0398] before [06440] him, and it shall be very [03966] tempestuous [08175] round about [05439] him.
4 He shall call [07121] to the heavens [08064] from above [05920], and to the earth [0776], that he may judge [01777] his people [05971].
5 Gather [0622] my saints [02623] together unto me; those that have made [03772] a covenant [01285] with me by sacrifice [02077].
6 And the heavens [08064] shall declare [05046] his righteousness [06664]: for God [0430] is judge [08199] himself. Selah [05542].
7 Hear [08085], O my people [05971], and I will speak [01696]; O Israel [03478], and I will testify [05749] against thee: I am God [0430], even thy God [0430].
35 And I will bring [0935] you into the wilderness [04057] of the people [05971], and there will I plead [08199] with you face [06440] to face [06440].
24 Therefore saith [05002] the Lord [0113], the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the mighty One [046] of Israel [03478], Ah [01945], I will ease [05162] me of mine adversaries [06862], and avenge [05358] me of mine enemies [0341]:
25 And I will turn [07725] my hand [03027] upon thee, and purely [01253] purge away [06884] thy dross [05509], and take away [05493] all thy tin [0913]:
26 And I will restore [07725] thy judges [08199] as at the first [07223], and thy counsellors [03289] as at the beginning [08462]: afterward [0310] thou shalt be called [07121], The city [05892] of righteousness [06664], the faithful [0539] city [07151].