Ezekiel 20 · Verse 37

Ezekiel 20:37

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
Ezekiel 20:37, King James Version

Ezekiel 20:37 in other translations

BSBI will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
WEB“I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
ASVAnd I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
YLTAnd I have caused you to pass under the rod, And brought you into the bond of the covenant,
DARBYAnd I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
BBEAnd I will make you go under the rod and will make you small in number:
WebsterAnd I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

What does Ezekiel 20:37 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
37. pass under the rod--metaphor from a shepherd who makes his sheep pass under his rod in counting them (Le 27:32; Jr 33:13). Whether you will or not, ye shall be counted as Mine, and so shall be subjected to My chastening discipline (Mi 7:14), with a view to My ultimate saving of the chosen remnant (compare Joh 10:27-29). bond of ... covenant--I will constrain you by sore chastisements to submit yourselves to the covenant to which ye are lastingly bound, though now you have cast away God's bond from you. Fulfilled in part, Ne 9:8, 26, 32-38; 10:1-39; fully hereafter (Is 54:10-13; 52:1, 2).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 37 I will cause you to pass under the rod - This alludes to the custom of tithing the sheep. I take it from the rabbins. The sheep were all penned; and the shepherd stood at the door of the fold, where only one sheep could come out at once. He had in his hand a rod dipped in vermillion; and as they came out, he counted one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine; and as the tenth came out, he marked it with the rod, and said, "This is the tenth;" and that was set apart for the Lord. I wilt bring you into the bond of the covenant - You shall be placed under the same obligations as before, and acknowledge your selves bound; ye shall feel your obligation, and live according to its nature.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 20:33-44

The wicked Israelites, notwithstanding they follow the sinful ways of other nations, shall not mingle with them in their prosperity, but shall be separated from them for destruction. There is no shaking off God's dominion; and those who will not yield to the power of his grace, shall sink under the power of his wrath. But not one of God's jewels shall be lost in the lumber of this world. He will bring the jews to…

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Ezekiel 20:37 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהַעֲבַרְתִּ֥יve.ha.'a.var.Tiand I will make passH5674
אֶתְכֶ֖ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunderH8478
הַשָּׁ֑בֶטha.Sha.vetthe rodH7626
וְהֵבֵאתִ֥יve.he.ve.Tiand I will bringH935
אֶתְכֶ֖ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
בְּמָסֹ֥רֶתbe.ma.So.retin [the] bond ofH4562
הַבְּרִֽית\׃ha.be.Ritthe covenantH1285

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 20:37

  • Jeremiah 33:13

    In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the Lord.

  • Leviticus 27:32

    And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord.

  • Matthew 25:32-33

    And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

  • Ezekiel 16:59-60

    For thus saith the Lord God; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

  • Psalms 89:30-32

    If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

  • Leviticus 26:25

    And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

  • Amos 3:2

    You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

  • Ezekiel 34:17

    And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

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pass.
34:17; Le 27:32; Jer 33:13; Mt 25:32,33
I will.
16:59,60; Le 26:25; Ps 89:30-32; Am 3:2
the bond. or, a delivering.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 20:36

    Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 20:37

    And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

  • Ezekiel 20:38

    And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 20:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y os haré pasar bajo de vara y os traeré en vínculo de concierto;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et je vous ferai passer sous la verge, et vous introduirai dans le lien de l’alliance;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde euch unter dem Stabe hindurchziehen lassen und euch in das Band des Bundes bringen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et subjiciam vos sceptro meo, et inducam vos in vinculis fœderis.