Ezekiel 39:28

And the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh their Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do. They will know that because even though I forced them to go to other countries, I will gather them together in their own country. I will not leave any of them in those countries.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.

In Context

27When I have brought them back from their enemies’ countries and gathered them together in Israel, the people of many nations will know that I am holy.

29I will no longer turn away from them; I will pour out my Spirit on the Israeli people. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.”

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Cross References

Nehemiah 1:8“But please remember what you told your servant Moses. You said, ‘If you sin, I will scatter you among the ◄ heathen nations/nations that do not believe in me►.

Ezekiel 34:30Then they will know that I, Yahweh their God, am helping them, and they will know that they, the Israeli people, are my people.

Ezekiel 39:22After that time, the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh their God, have the power to do what I say that I will do.

Amos 9:9When I command it, it will be as though I will shake you Israeli people who are living in various nations, like [MET] a farmer shakes a sieve to separate the stone pebbles from the grain, in order that they do not fall on the ground with the grain.

Romans 11:1Because of that, if anyone should ask, “Has God rejected his people the Jews?” I would declare that he certainly has not rejected all of us! You can realize that by remembering that I also belong to the people of Israel. I am a descendant of Abraham, and I belong to the tribe of Benjamin, but God has not rejected me!

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 39:24-29

Mercy Promised to Israel. ( b. c. 585.) 23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the… Read the whole commentary →

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