Ezekiel 37 · Verse 26

Ezekiel 37:26

Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
Ezekiel 37:26, King James Version

Ezekiel 37:26 in other translations

BSBAnd I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.
WEBMoreover I will make a covenant of peace with them. It will be an everlasting covenant with them. I will place them, multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them forever more.
ASVMoreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
YLTAnd I have made to them a covenant of peace, A covenant age-during it is with them, And I have placed them, and multiplied them, And placed My sanctuary in their midst--to the age.
DARBYAnd I will make a covenant of peace with them: it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for ever.
BBEAnd I will make an agreement of peace with them: it will be an eternal agreement with them: and I will have mercy on them and make their numbers great, and will put my holy place among them for ever.
WebsterMoreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

What does Ezekiel 37:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. covenant of peace--better than the old legal covenant, because an unchangeable covenant of grace (Eze 34:25; Is 55:3; Jr 32:40). I will place them--set them in an established position; no longer unsettled as heretofore. my sanctuary--the temple of God; spiritual in the heart of all true followers of Messiah (2Co 6:16); and, in some literal sense, in the restored Israel (Eze 40:1-44:31).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 Covenant of peace - See this explained Eze 34:25 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 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…

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Ezekiel 37:26 in the original Hebrew

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וְכָרַתִּ֤יve.kha.ra.Tiand I will makeH3772
לָהֶם֙la.Hemto them
בְּרִ֣יתbe.Rita covenant ofH1285
שָׁל֔וֹםsha.LompeaceH7965
בְּרִ֥יתbe.Rita covenant ofH1285
עוֹלָ֖םo.LamperpetuityH5769
יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will beH1961
אוֹתָ֑ם'o.Tamwith themH854
וּנְתַתִּים֙u.ne.ta.Timand I will give themH5414
וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֣יve.hir.bei.Tiand I will increaseH7235
אוֹתָ֔ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
וְנָתַתִּ֧יve.na.ta.Tiand I will putH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִקְדָּשִׁ֛יmik.da.Shisanctuary myH4720
בְּתוֹכָ֖םbe.to.Khamin midst of themH8432
לְעוֹלָֽם\׃le.'o.Lamfor everH5769

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Cross references for Ezekiel 37:26

  • Isaiah 55:3

    Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  • Ezekiel 34:25

    And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

  • Hebrews 13:20-21

    Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  • Jeremiah 30:19

    And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

  • Leviticus 26:11-12

    And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:16

    And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Ezekiel 43:7

    And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

  • Ezekiel 36:37

    Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

  • John 14:27

    Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

  • Hebrews 6:14

    Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

  • Ezekiel 16:62

    And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord:

  • Psalms 89:3-4

    I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will make.
34:25; Ge 17:7; 2Sa 23:5; Ps 89:3,4; Isa 55:3; 59:20,21; Jer 32:40
Ho 2:18-23; Joh 14:27; Heb 13:20,21
multiply.
36:10,37; Isa 27:6; 49:21; Jer 30:19; 31:27; Zec 8:4,5; Heb 6:14
set.
11:16; 43:7; 45:1-6; Le 26:11,12; 1Ki 8:20,21; Ps 68:18; Zec 2:5
2Co 6:16

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Context

  • Ezekiel 37:25

    And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

  • Ezekiel 37:26

    Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

  • Ezekiel 37:27

    My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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Ezekiel 37:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y concertaré con ellos pacto de paz, perpetuo pacto será con ellos: y los asentaré, y los multiplicaré, y pondré mi santuario entre ellos para siempre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et je ferai avec eux une alliance de paix, ce sera, avec eux, une alliance éternelle; et je les établirai, et je les multiplierai, et je mettrai mon sanctuaire au milieu d’eux pour toujours;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde einen Bund des Friedens mit ihnen machen, ein ewiger Bund wird es mit ihnen sein; und ich werde sie einsetzen und sie vermehren, und werde mein Heiligtum in ihre Mitte setzen ewiglich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et percutiam illis fœdus pacis: pactum sempiternum erit eis. Et fundabo eos, et multiplicabo, et dabo sanctificationem meam in medio eorum in perpetuum.