Ezekiel Chapter 20 verse 37 Holy Bible
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
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And I will make you go under the rod and will make you small in number:
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And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
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And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
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I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
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And I have caused you to pass under the rod, And brought you into the bond of the covenant,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 37. - I will cause you to pass under the rod. The "rod" (same word as in Psalm 23:4) is primarily that of chastisement, but it is also that of the shepherd who gathers in his flock (Ezekiel 34:11; Leviticus 27:32; Micah 7:14). Into the bond of the covenant. The word for "bond" (only found here in the Old Testament) is probably cognate with that for "fetter" or "bond" (Isaiah 52:2; Jeremiah 5:5; Jeremiah 27:2). The chastisement was, for those who accepted it, to do its work by restoring the blessings of the covenant which apostasy had forfeited.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(37) To pass under the rod.--A figure taken from the shepherd's way of counting and examining his flock. (Comp. Leviticus 27:32; Jeremiah 33:13; Micah 7:14.) By this the people were to be brought "into the land of the covenant," selected and reconstituted God's covenant people.