Ezekiel 37:18 "When your people ask you, 'Won't you tell us what you mean by this?'

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
"When your people ask you, 'Won't you tell us what you mean by this?'

English Standard Version
And when your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’

New American Standard Bible
"When the sons of your people speak to you saying, 'Will you not declare to us what you mean by these?'

King James Bible
And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When your people ask you, 'Won't you explain to us what you mean by these things?'--

International Standard Version
When the descendants of your people ask you, 'Would you please explain to us what you mean by this?'

American Standard Version
And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the children of thy people shall speak to thee, saying: Wilt thou not tell us what thou meanest by this?

Darby Bible Translation
And when the children of my people speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not declare unto us what thou meanest by these?

Young's Literal Translation
And when sons of thy people speak unto thee, saying, Dost thou not declare to us what these are to thee?

Cross References

Ezekiel 12:9
Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, What do you?

Ezekiel 17:12
Say now to the rebellious house, Know you not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and has taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

Ezekiel 20:49
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak parables?

Ezekiel 24:19
And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?

Ezekiel 33:2
Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them, When I bring the sword on a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

Ezekiel 37:19
Say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

37:15-28 This emblem was to show the people, that the Lord would unite Judah and Israel. Christ is the true David, Israel's King of old; and those whom he makes willing in the day of his power, he makes to walk in his judgments, and to keep his statutes. Events yet to come will further explain this prophecy. Nothing has more hindered the success of the gospel than divisions. Let us study to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace; let us seek for Divine grace to keep us from detestable things; and let us pray that all nations may be obedient and happy subjects of the Son of David, that the Lord may be our God, and we may be his people for evermore.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

18. God does not explain the symbolical prophecy until the Jews have been stimulated by the type to consult the prophet.