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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.
Ezekiel 36:24 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
  • KJV For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
  • NKJV For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.
  • NASB For I will take you from the nations, and gather you from all the lands; and I will bring you into your own land.
  • NLT For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.

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Quick answer

God promises to gather Israel from the nations and bring them back to their own land. Restoration begins with God's gathering initiative.

Overview

Reversing the scattering of judgment, God Himself will collect His people and return them home. This regathering looks beyond the return from Babylon to the wider ingathering of God's people. In Christ, the Lord gathers a people from every nation into His kingdom.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 19

  • Ezek 37:21you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.
  • Ezek 34:13I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.
  • Amos 9:14–15I 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.
  • Ps 107:2–3Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
  • Isa 43:5–6Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
  • Jer 30:18This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
  • Jer 30:3For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
  • Jer 23:3–8Then 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.
  • Ezek 11:17Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’
  • Deut 30:3–5then 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.
  • Isa 27:12–13In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
  • Jer 50:17–20Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
  • Jer 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
  • Jer 32:37I 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.
  • Isa 11:11–16On 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.
  • Hos 1:11Then 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.
  • Ezek 39:27–28When 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.
  • Ezek 37:25They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
  • Rom 11:25–26I 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.

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Commentaries & study tools

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Christ at the center

The promise of one Shepherd-King David, a new heart and new Spirit, and the river of life flowing from the temple all stream toward Christ, the good Shepherd who gives the Spirit.

How Ezekiel 36:24 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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