Ezekiel 37:21
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
And say unto them, thus saith the Lord God,.... Or, as the Targum,
"thou shalt prophesy to them;''
for what follows is a prophecy of what shall be in the latter day:
Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, or, "from among the Gentiles" {b}; not only the Chaldeans, where they were carried captives; but from among the nations where they are now dispersed, and among whom they go freely of their own accord from place to place, for the sake of traffic: and this phrase, "whither they be gone", or "are going" {c}, travelling about from one country to another, better describes the present Jews, and their state, than those in the Babylonian captivity:
and will gather them on every side, or, "round about" {d}; from the several parts of the world where they are:
and bring them into their own land; the land of Canaan, given by the Lord to their fathers, and to them their posterity, for an inheritance; though now in the possession of others, who, it seems, are not the right owners.
{b} Myywgh Nybm "e medio ipsarum gentium", Junius & Tremellius; "ex gentibus", Starckius; "e vel medio gentium", Piscator, Cocceius.
{c} wklh "ambulant, vel ambulantes sunt".
{d} bybom "circumquaque", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Starckius.