16<\/strong>. one stick<\/em> ] i.e. staff, or rod, equivalent to sceptre, Num 17:2<\/span>; so Eze 37:17<\/em><\/span> ; Eze 37:19-20<\/em><\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n children of Israel<\/em> ] After the fall of the northern kingdom the name Israel was often used of Judah, the only remaining part of it. Here Israel of the north is called Joseph or Ephraim.<\/p>\n A prophecy of the reunion of Israel and Judah, the incorporation of Israel under one Ruler, the kingdom of Messiah upon earth and in heaven.<\/P> Eze 37:16<\/B><\/span><\/P> One stick – <\/B>So in the marginal reference the names of the tribes had been written on rods or sticks.<\/P> For Judah … – <\/B>To the house of David had remained faithful, not only Judah, but also Benjamin, Levi, and part of Simeon, and individual members of various tribes 2Ch 11:12-16<\/span>. Compare the marginal references.<\/P> Joseph … Ephraim – <\/B>Compare Psa 78:67<\/span>; Hos 5:5<\/span> ff Joseph is the general name here for the ten tribes, including Ephraim, the chief tribe, and his companions. Omit for before all. All the house of Israel is here the ten tribes.<\/P> Eze 37:19<\/B><\/span><\/P> In the hand of Ephraim – <\/B>Because Ephraim was the ruling tribe; the words are contrasted with in mine hand.<\/P> Eze 37:20<\/B><\/span><\/P> This sign was literally enacted in the presence of the people, not, like some signs, merely in vision (see the Eze 3:1<\/span> note).<\/P> Eze 37:21<\/B><\/span><\/P> The gathering together of the children of Israel was to take effect in the first place in the return from Babylon, when the distinction of Israel and Judah should cease. The full completion concerns times still future, when all Israel shall come in to acknowledge the rule of Christ.<\/P> Eze 37:22<\/B><\/span><\/P> One king – <\/B>The restoration of Israel to their native soil will lead the way to the coming of the promised King, the Son of David, who will gather into His kingdom the true Israel, all who shall by faith be acknowledged as the Israel of God. The reign of the One King David is the reign of Christ in His kingdom, the Church.<\/P> Eze 37:25<\/B><\/span>, <\/B>Eze 37:26<\/B><\/span><\/P> An enlargement of the promises. The kingdom is to be forever, the covenant everlasting. This looks forward to the consummation of all Gods promises 1Co 15:24<\/span>, 1Co 15:28<\/span>.<\/P> Eze 37:27<\/B><\/span><\/P> This gives a final blessing reserved for Gods accepted servants. The tabernacle and temple were outward symbols of His presence. The re-erection of the temple by Zerubbabel was the first step to a restoration of the presence of God. The second step was the presence of Christ, first in the flesh, then in His Church, and finally the eternal presence of God and of the Lamb in the New Jerusalem Rev. 21<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 16<\/span>. Son of man, take thee one stick<\/B><\/I>] The two sticks<\/I> mentioned in this symbolical transaction represented, as the text declares, the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah, which vere formed in the days of Rehoboam, and continued distinct till the time of the captivity. The kingdom of Judah<\/I> was composed of the tribes of Judah<\/I> and Benjamin<\/I>, with the Levites<\/I>; all the rest went off in the schism with Jeroboam, and formed the kingdom of Israel. Though some out of those tribes did rejoin themselves to Judah, yet no whole tribe<\/I> ever returned to that kingdom. Common sufferings in their captivity became the means of reviving a kinder feeling; and to encourage this, God promises that he will reunite them, and restore them to their own land; and that there shall no more be any divisions or feuds among them. To represent this in such a way as would make it a subject of thought, reflection<\/I>, and inquiry<\/I>, the prophet is ordered to take the two sticks<\/I> mentioned above, to write on them<\/I> the distinguishing names of the divided kingdoms, and then by a notch, dovetail, glue<\/I>, or some such method, to unite them both before the people. He did so, and on their inquiry, showed them the full meaning of this symbolical action.<\/P> <\/p>\n One stick; <\/B>tablet, i.e. a writing tablet or a tally, such as is fitted to be written upon, or a rod, or staff, on which thou mayst write; the Hebrew calls it wood, without describing its form and fashion; but whatever its fashion was, it must be but one. <\/P> Write upon it; <\/B>the inscription is not only commanded, but the words also in which it is to be written. <\/P> For Judah; <\/B>the tribe, or possibly the kingdom; if the latter, then the companions mentioned will be such as in process of time fell off from the ten tribes, and united with the kingdom of the house of David; if the former, which is most likely, then <\/P> the children of Israel, <\/B>his companions, are Benjamin and Levi in part, who kept, with the tribe of Judah, their obedience to Davids seed. <\/P> Then; <\/B>when thou hast written on the first stick, then take <\/P> another stick; <\/B>a second stick, such as the first was. <\/P> For Joseph; <\/B>he was father of two tribes, one of which was chief of the ten tribes, and is therefore mentioned here. <\/P> The stick of Ephraim; <\/B>Ephraim was the son of Joseph, whom his grandfather blessed, and by prophetic Spirit foretold and promised that he should be one of the chief of all the tribes; and Ephraim was most considerable in the kingdom of Israel when divided from the other two. <\/P> All the house of Israel; <\/B>the other nine tribes. <\/P> His companions; <\/B>who did at first side, and have continued still, with Ephraim. Some say Ephraim was the whole kingdom of the ten tribes, and that his companions were the Gentiles converted to the faith of Christ, which I wish were well proved. <\/P> <\/p>\n 16. stick<\/B>alluding to Nu17:2<\/span>, the tribal rod. The union of the two rods was a prophecy inaction of the brotherly union which is to reunite the ten tribes andJudah. As their severance under Jeroboam was fraught with thegreatest evil to the covenant-people, so the first result of bothbeing joined by the spirit of life to God is that they become joinedto one another under the one covenant King, Messiah-David. <\/P> Judah, and . . . children ofIsrael his companions<\/B>that is, Judah and, besides Benjamin andLevi, those who had joined themselves to him of Ephraim, Manasseh,Simeon, Asher, Zebulun, Issachar, as having the temple and lawfulpriesthood in his borders (2Ch 11:12<\/span>;2Ch 11:13<\/span>; 2Ch 11:16<\/span>;2Ch 15:9<\/span>; 2Ch 30:11<\/span>;2Ch 30:18<\/span>). The latter becameidentified with Judah after the carrying away of the ten tribes, andreturned with Judah from Babylon, and so shall be associated withthat tribe at the future restoration. <\/P> For Joseph, the stick ofEphraim<\/B>Ephraim’s posterity took the lead, not only of theother descendants of Joseph (compare Eze37:19<\/span>), but of the ten tribes of Israel. For four hundred years,during the period of the judges, with Manasseh and Benjamin, itsdependent tribes, it had formerly taken the lead: Shiloh was itsreligious capital; Shechem, its civil capital. God had transferredthe birthright from Reuben (for dishonoring his father’s bed) toJoseph, whose representative, Ephraim, though the younger, was made(Gen 48:19<\/span>; 1Ch 5:1<\/span>).From its pre-eminence “Israel” is attached to it as”companions.” The “all” in this case, not in thatof Judah, which has only attached as “companions” “thechildren of Israel” (that is, some of them, namely, those whofollowed the fortunes of Judah), implies that the bulk<\/I> of theten tribes did not return at the restoration from Babylon, but aredistinct from Judah, until the coming union with it at therestoration.<\/P><\/p>\n Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick<\/strong>,…. Or “wood” a; a stick of wood; or table, as the Targum; a board or plank. The Septuagint version renders it a “rod”; and so the Arabic; an emblem of a kingdom or government, as this was:<\/p>\n and write upon it<\/strong>; the following words:<\/p>\n for Judah, and the children of Israel his companions<\/strong>; for the tribe of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, which adhered together, and as many of the other tribes which joined them; the godly and religious of the rest of the tribes, who could not give into the idolatry of Jeroboam:<\/p>\n then take another stick<\/strong>; like the former:<\/p>\n and write upon it<\/strong>; these words:<\/p>\n for Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions<\/strong>; for the tribe of Ephraim, and the other nine tribes, which together made up one kingdom. It should be observed, that in the times of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, there was a division in the kingdom of Israel; ten tribes revolted from him, and only the two whole tribes of Judah and Benjamin continued with him; and from that time to the captivity, and even during that, as it seems, there were continual animosities and bickerings between the two kingdoms, on account both of their political and religious affairs, especially the latter; and an union between them this emblem is designed to signify, as will hereafter appear. Jeroboam, the first king of the ten tribes, was of the tribe of Ephraim; and Samaria, the metropolis of the kingdom, was in that tribe; hence Ephraim often stands for all the ten tribes, for the kingdom of Israel, as distinct from that of Judah. Writing words on sticks or rods seems to be in allusion to what was done Nu 17:2<\/span>.<\/p>\n a “lignum unuin”, V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, &c.<\/p>\n (16) One stick . . . another stick.<\/strong>These are not rods, as in Num. 17:6-9<\/span>, although Ezekiel may have had that event in mind; the word here is an entirely different one, and means simply a piece of wood. The two pieces were, no doubt, so shaped that being firmly held together they would appear as one.<\/p>\n For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions.<\/strong>The object is to represent by the two pieces of wood the two kingdoms. It would be insufficient, therefore, to mention Judah only; for with him Benjamin had been always associated, and also considerable fragments of the other tribes (2Ch. 11:16<\/span>; 2Ch. 15:9<\/span>). After the fall of the northern kingdom, individual members of the ten tribes who had not been carried into captivity joined themselves more or less completely to the kingdom of Judah (2Ch. 30:11-18<\/span>; 2Ch. 31:1<\/span>).<\/p>\n For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim.<\/strong>Joseph, as including the two great tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, is put for the whole of the ten tribes, and Ephraim is specified as being the leading tribe, and this makes necessary the addition, and all the house of Israel his companions, to show that the whole northern kingdom is included. The word for,<\/em> in italics, should be omitted.<\/p>\n Eze 37:16<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Take thee one stick, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> Takeand write upon it, Judah, and the children of Israel, <\/em>&c. ThenJoseph, the stick Ephraim, and of all the house, <\/em>&c. The design of this metaphorical action was to mark out the reunion of the tribes, after the return from Babylon; but, in a more elevated sense, the assemblage, not only of the Jews of all the tribes, but also of the people of all nations, to the church of Jesus Christ. See Rom 11:17-18<\/span> the subsequent verses of this chapter, Num 17:2<\/span>. 2Ch 11:12<\/span>; 2Ch 13:16<\/span> and Calmet. <\/p>\n Eze 37:16 Moreover, 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 [for] all the house of Israel his companions:<\/p>\n Ver. 16. Take thee one stick.<\/strong> ] A cleft stick, which is res vilis et exilis,<\/em> a poor business in itself; but if God please to make use of so slender a thing, it may serve for very great purpose; as here by the uniting of two sorry sticks in the hand of the prophet is prefigured the uniting of Judah and Israel, yea, of Jews and Gentiles, “in the hand of the Lord,” that is, in Christ Jesus, who is the hand, the right hand, and the arm of God the Father. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n His companions,<\/strong> ] i.e., <\/em> Benjamin and Levi. 2Ch 11:12-13 <\/p>\n stick. Hebrew “wood”: put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for anything made of it. <\/p>\n children = sons, <\/p>\n companions: i.e. Benjamin and Levi. Hebrew text reads “companion” (singular); but margin, with some codices and one early printed edition, reads “companions” (plural) <\/p>\n Joseph. Who held the primogeniture of the other tribes (1Ch 6:1), forfeited by Reuben; and was represented by Ephraim, the head of the ten tribes. Compare 1Ki 11:26, Isa 11:13. Jer 31:6. Hos 5:3, Hos 5:6. <\/p>\n his companions: i.e. the other tribes. <\/p>\n take thee: Num 17:2, Num 17:3 <\/p>\n For Judah: 2Ch 10:17, 2Ch 11:11-17, 2Ch 15:9, 2Ch 30:11-18 <\/p>\n For Joseph: 1Ki 12:16-20, 2Ch 10:19 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 30:24 – And she 1Ki 18:31 – twelve stones Isa 7:2 – is confederate with Isa 11:13 – the envy Jer 3:18 – In Jer 31:1 – of Jer 50:4 – the children of Israel Eze 37:4 – Prophesy Eze 37:11 – whole house Eze 37:19 – Behold Hos 1:11 – the children of Judah Amo 3:1 – against Oba 1:18 – the house of Joseph Zec 8:13 – O house Zec 10:6 – I will strengthen Zec 11:7 – one Zec 11:14 – I cut Joh 17:21 – they all<\/p>\n Eze 37:16-17. Take thee one stick That is, one rod. The expression seems to allude to Num 17:2; where Moses was commanded to take twelve rods, one for each tribe, and to write the name of the tribe upon the rod; for Judah, and the children of Israel his companions That is, the tribe of Benjamin, and a part of that of Levi, who adhered to the tribe of Judah. Then take another stick A second, such as the first was; and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim Upon Reubens forfeiting his birthright, that privilege was conferred upon the sons of Joseph, of whom Ephraim had the precedence: see 1Ch 5:1; Gen 48:20; which made him to be reckoned the head of the ten tribes; Samaria, the seat of that kingdom, being likewise situate in the tribe of Ephraim. Upon these accounts the name of Ephraim, in the prophets, often signifies the whole kingdom of Israel, as distinct from that of Judah. All the rest of the tribes were the companions of Ephraim, as the tribes of Benjamin and Levi were the companions of Judah. And join them into one stick A rod was an emblem of power, (see Psa 110:2,) so joining these two rods, or sticks, together, denoted uniting the two kingdoms under one prince, or governor.<\/p>\n 37:16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take {d} another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his companions:<\/p>\n (d) Which signifies the joining together of the two houses of Israel and Judah.<\/p>\n Moreover, 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 [for] all the house of Israel his companions: 16. one stick ] i.e. staff, or rod, equivalent … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 37:16”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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