Ezekiel 37

Ezekiel 37 is the thirty-seventh

The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 28 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008).^[3] Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, that is, the Ezekiel Scroll from Masada (Mas 1d; MasEzek; 1–50 CE) with extant verses 1–14, 16, 23, 28.^[4][5][6] Another witness is the Pseudo-Ezekiel.^[7]

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^Q; 6th century).^[8][a]

Structure

The New King James Version groups this chapter into two sections:

• Ezekiel 37:1–14 = The Dry Bones Live
• Ezekiel 37:15–28 = One Kingdom, One King

Verse 9

Then said He unto me: 'Prophesy unto the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath: {S} Thus saith the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.'^[10]

• "Son of man" (Hebrew: בן־אדם‎): this phrase is used 93 times to address Ezekiel.^[11]
• "Breath" (Hebrew: רוח‎
  rū-akh): in this sense, "breath of life", can also translated to "wind", "spirit", or "animus."^{[12][13][14][15]}

'And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it: For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions; then take another stick, and write upon it: For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and of all the house of Israel his companions; and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand.'[16]

Pope

Within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints this is understood to be a reference to the Book of Mormon (Stick of Joseph) and the Bible (Stick of Judah) coming together and working as one.

Verse 24

David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd;

they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.^[18]

This verse refers a person coming from the

• David
• Ephraim
• Israel
• Jacob
• Joseph
• Judah
• Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament
• Related
  Genesis 2, 2 Samuel 7, John 1, John 2

References