Ezekiel 39:27
New International Version
When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of many nations.

New Living Translation
When I bring them home from the lands of their enemies, I will display my holiness among them for all the nations to see.

English Standard Version
when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies’ lands, and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations.

Berean Standard Bible
When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations.

King James Bible
When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;

New King James Version
When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and I am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations,

New American Standard Bible
When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall show Myself holy through them in the sight of the many nations.

NASB 1995
“When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall be sanctified through them in the sight of the many nations.

NASB 1977
“When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall be sanctified through them in the sight of the many nations.

Legacy Standard Bible
When I return them from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall prove Myself holy through them in the sight of the many nations.

Amplified Bible
When I bring them back from the nations and gather them out of their enemies’ lands, then I shall show Myself holy [and My justice and holiness will be vindicated] through them in the sight of many nations.

Christian Standard Bible
When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the countries of their enemies, I will demonstrate my holiness through them in the sight of many nations.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the countries of their enemies, I will demonstrate My holiness through them in the sight of many nations.

American Standard Version
when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.

Contemporary English Version
Foreign nations will watch as I take the Israelites from enemy lands and bring them back home, and those nations will see that I am holy.

English Revised Version
when I have brought them again from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will bring them back from the other nations and gather them from the countries of their enemies. Many nations will see that I am holy.

Good News Translation
In order to show to the many nations that I am holy, I will bring my people back from all the countries where their enemies live.

International Standard Version
When I bring them back from the nations and gather them together from the lands that belong to their enemies, I will demonstrate my holiness through them right in front of the eyes of the world,

Majority Standard Bible
When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations.

NET Bible
When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations.

New Heart English Bible
when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.

Webster's Bible Translation
When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of the lands of their enemies, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;

World English Bible
when I have brought them back from the peoples, gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am shown holy among them in the sight of many nations.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
In My bringing them back from the peoples, "" I have assembled them from the lands of their enemies, "" And I have been sanctified in them before the eyes of the many nations,

Young's Literal Translation
In My bringing them back from the peoples, I have assembled them from the lands of their enemies, And I have been sanctified in them before the eyes of the many nations,

Smith's Literal Translation
In my turning them back from the peoples, and I gathered them from the lands of their enemies, and I was consecrated in them before the eyes of many nations;
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I shall have brought them back from among the nations, and shall have gathered them together out of the lands of their enemies, and shall be sanctified in them, in the sight of many nations.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And I will lead them back from among the peoples, and I will gather them together from the lands of their enemies, and I will be sanctified in them, in the sight of the many nations.

New American Bible
When I bring them back from the nations and gather them from the lands of their enemies, I will show my holiness through them in the sight of many nations.

New Revised Standard Version
when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies’ lands, and through them have displayed my holiness in the sight of many nations.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
When I have gathered them from among the nations and brought them back from the cities of their enemies, and am sanctified by them in the sight of many nations;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Whenever I have gathered them from the nations and I have brought them from the cities of their enemies, and I am hallowed by them before the eyes of the many nations
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
when I have brought them back from the nations, and gathered them out of the countries of the nations: and I will be sanctified among them in the presence of the nations.

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Context
Israel to Be Restored
26They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them. 27When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations. 28Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 36:24-28
For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land. / I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. / I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. ...

Jeremiah 32:37-41
I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety. / They will be My people, and I will be their God. / I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them. ...

Isaiah 11:11-12
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. / He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Deuteronomy 30:3-5
then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you. / Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there. / And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers.

Zechariah 10:8-10
I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were. / Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return. / I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.

Amos 9:14-15
I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. / I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

Isaiah 43:5-6
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west. / I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

Jeremiah 23:3-8
Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply. / I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD. / Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land. ...

Isaiah 60:21
Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.

Hosea 1:10-11
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ / Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.

Romans 11:25-27
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. / And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. / And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

Matthew 24:31
And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

John 10:16
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

Acts 15:16-17
‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, / so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things

Revelation 21:3
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.


Treasury of Scripture

When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;

I have

Ezekiel 39:25
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;

Ezekiel 28:25,26
Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob…

and am

Ezekiel 39:13
Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 36:23,24
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes…

Ezekiel 38:16,23
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes…

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Ezekiel 39
1. God's judgment upon Gog
8. Israel's victory
11. Gog's burial in Hamon-gog
17. The feast of the fowls
21. Israel having been plagued for their sins
25. shall be gathered again with eternal favor














When I bring them back
This phrase signifies God's sovereign action in restoring His people. The Hebrew root for "bring back" is "שׁוּב" (shuv), which means to return or restore. This reflects God's covenant faithfulness and His commitment to the promises made to the patriarchs. Historically, this can be seen as a prophetic vision of the return from Babylonian exile, but it also points to a future, eschatological gathering of Israel. It emphasizes God's initiative and power in the redemption process.

from the peoples
The term "peoples" refers to the various nations among whom the Israelites were scattered. The Hebrew word "עַמִּים" (amim) is used, which often denotes Gentile nations. This scattering was a result of Israel's disobedience, but the regathering underscores God's mercy and the reversal of judgment. It highlights the inclusivity of God's plan, as He works through Israel to reach all nations.

and gather them out of the lands of their enemies
The act of gathering is a recurring theme in prophetic literature, symbolizing restoration and unity. The Hebrew word "קָבַץ" (qavats) means to collect or assemble. This gathering from "the lands of their enemies" indicates a complete and miraculous deliverance from oppression. It serves as a reminder of God's protective nature and His ability to transform situations of despair into hope.

I will show My holiness through them
God's holiness is a central theme in the book of Ezekiel. The Hebrew word for holiness, "קֹדֶשׁ" (qodesh), implies separation and purity. By showing His holiness "through them," God is demonstrating His sanctifying power in His people. This transformation is not just for Israel's benefit but serves as a testimony to the world of God's righteous character and His ability to redeem and purify.

in the sight of many nations
This phrase underscores the public and universal nature of God's actions. The Hebrew word for "nations," "גּוֹיִם" (goyim), often refers to Gentile nations. God's work in Israel is meant to be a witness to these nations, showcasing His glory and inviting them to recognize His sovereignty. It reflects the missional aspect of Israel's calling, to be a light to the nations, and points to the ultimate fulfillment of God's kingdom purposes on earth.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When I bring them back
בְּשׁוֹבְבִ֤י (bə·šō·wḇ·ḇî)
Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the peoples
הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים (hā·‘am·mîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

and gather
וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣י (wə·qib·baṣ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6908: To gather, collect

them
אֹתָ֔ם (’ō·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

out of the lands
מֵֽאַרְצ֖וֹת (mê·’ar·ṣō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of their enemies,
אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑ם (’ō·yə·ḇê·hem)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

I will show My holiness
וְנִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי (wə·niq·daš·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated

in them
בָ֔ם (ḇām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

in the sight
לְעֵינֵ֖י (lə·‘ê·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - cdc
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

of many
רַבִּֽים׃ (rab·bîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

nations.
הַגּוֹיִ֥ם (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts


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