What does God promise to do for the children of Israel in Ezekiel 37:21?
God promises to take the children of Israel from among the heathen—the non-Jews or Gentiles—and to gather them on every side and bring them to their own land. The context stresses that this promise is plain and leaves no room for argument.
Les explains that in Ezekiel 37:21 God says, “I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen,” and he notes that “heathen” in Scripture simply means non-Jew, not a pagan idolater; today we would say Gentiles. God promises to gather them on every side and bring them to their own land. The next verse adds that He will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, with one king over them, so they will no longer be two nations or divided.
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: