Israel

Israel, also named Jacob, was the son of Isaac, the father of the twelve tribes of Israel, and a key patriarch of the Jewish people.

The name Israel means “who prevails with God”

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Summary

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Genesis 25:26; referred to as Israel (Aramiac יִשְׂרָאֵל), Jacob (יַעֲקֹב), Jeshurun (יְשֻׁרוּן), Israelite (יִשְׂרְאֵלִי), Israelitess (יִשְׂרְאֵלִית), Israelite (Ἰσραήλ), Jacob (Ἰακώβ), or Israel (Ἰσραηλίτης); son of Isaac and Rebekah; a brother of Esau; husband of Rachel and Leah, with concubines Zilpah and Bilhah; father of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah, Joseph and Benjamin.

Profile

Jacob was the younger twin son of Isaac and Rebekah. He struggled with his twin brother Esau in the womb and was born holding Esau’s heel (Genesis 25:21–26). God told Rebekah that the boys symbolized two nations and that the older son would serve the younger (Genesis 25:23).

Isaac favored Esau, who loved the outdoors, while Rebekah preferred Jacob, who enjoyed staying at home. One day, Esau came back very hungry from hunting, and Jacob traded him some red stew for his inheritance rights (Genesis 25:27–34; see Hebrews 12:16). Later, Isaac asked Esau to prepare wild game for him to eat so he could bless him (Genesis 27:1–4; compare 25:28). However, Rebekah sent Jacob to trick Isaac into giving him the blessing instead, and her plan worked (Genesis 27:5–29). Jacob's deception was soon discovered (Genesis 27:30–35). But legally, valid blessings were unchangeable promises (27:33). So Isaac gave Esau a lesser blessing (Genesis 27:36–40). Esau planned to kill Jacob (27:41). Rebekah persuaded Isaac to send Jacob to her brother Laban so Jacob could marry within the family (Genesis 27:42–46).

Isaac gave the covenant promises to Jacob and sent him to Haran (Genesis 28:1–5). On the way, God appeared to Jacob in a dream and confirmed the promises of land and descendants given to Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 28:10–15). Jacob worshiped the Lord and named the place Bethel, meaning "house of God."

In Haran, Jacob worked for his uncle Laban (Genesis 29–31). Jacob loved Laban's daughter Rachel and worked seven years to marry her. However, Laban tricked him by giving him his older daughter Leah on the wedding night. Jacob then worked another seven years for Rachel and six more years to build his own flocks (Genesis 30:25–43; see also 31:38–42). Despite many challenges, he had thirteen children and became very wealthy.

After twenty years, God told Jacob to return to Canaan (Genesis 31:3). Jacob feared Laban and his sons (Genesis 31:1–2). So, he organized his caravan and left while Laban was away (31:4–21). Laban chased after him, but God stopped him from harming Jacob (Genesis 31:22–24, 29). Instead, Laban scolded Jacob for leaving secretly and accused him of stealing his idols (Genesis 31:25–30). Jacob allowed Laban to search his tents, but the idols were not found (Genesis 31:33–35). Jacob then became angry (Genesis 31:36–42). Although their conflict was unresolved, the two men made a peace agreement (Genesis 31:43–54). The location became a lasting boundary between Israel and Aram.

Jacob now faced Esau and God. When Esau came with four hundred men, Jacob asked for God's protection and sent gifts to make peace with his brother, whom he had not seen for many years (Genesis 32:3–21). That night, in an event symbolizing his life, Jacob wrestled with a man who dislocated his hip and gave him the blessing he wanted (Genesis 32:22–32). God also changed his name to Israel, meaning "God fights."

In the morning, Jacob met Esau, and they reconciled (Genesis 33:1–11). Esau was kind and forgiving, and Jacob shared some of his blessings. Esau then returned to Seir, while Jacob continued to Canaan. In Shechem, Jacob bought land and built an altar (Genesis 33:18–20). He then moved to Bethel and removed all foreign idols from his household (Genesis 35:1–8). God reaffirmed Jacob's new name, Israel, and renewed his promises of land and descendants (Genesis 35:9–15).

Jacob favored Rachel and her son Joseph (Genesis 37:1–3). Joseph's brothers grew jealous and hated him. Joseph's dreams made them angrier (Genesis 37:4–11), so they sold him as a slave (Genesis 37:12–28). For over twenty years, Jacob thought Joseph was dead. Jacob only learned Joseph was alive after sending Benjamin to Egypt with Judah. Joseph then helped his family during the famine (Genesis 43:1–14; 45:24–28). Jacob felt renewed and moved to Egypt. He joyfully reunited with Joseph in Goshen (Genesis 46:28–30) and thrived for seventeen more years.

When Jacob was near death at age 147, he planned for his family's future. He made Joseph promise to bury him in Canaan (Genesis 47:29–31; 49:29–32). He gave Joseph’s sons his main blessing and placed Ephraim, the younger son, first (Genesis 48:1–20). He assured the family they would return to Canaan (Genesis 48:21–22). Then he blessed each of his sons and predicted the future of their descendants (Genesis 49:1–28). He died and was buried in the cave of Machpelah, accompanied by his sons and a large Egyptian procession (Genesis 49:33–50:13). His death marked the end of the patriarchal age and the start of Israel’s growth as a nation in Egypt until they returned to live in the promised land (see Exodus—Joshua).

The name "Jacob" became another name for the nation of Israel (see Numbers 23:7, 21; 24:5; Hosea 12:2). God called the nation to serve him as their ancestors did (Hosea 12:3–14). He promised Israel the same love he showed Jacob (Malachi 1:2). He also promised that a powerful leader would come from Jacob's descendants (Genesis 49:8–12; Numbers 24:17–19).

Passages for Further Study

Genesis 25:19–34; 27:1–35:29; 37:1–35; 42:1–4, 29–38; 43:1–13; 45:25–50:14; Exodus 1:1–5; Numbers 23:7–10, 20–23; 24:5–9, 17–19; Deuteronomy 26:5; Joshua 24:4, 32; Hosea 12:2–14; Malachi 1:2; John 4:5–6, 12; Acts 7:8–16; Romans 9:10–13; Hebrews 11:8–9, 20–21

Glossary entries

Jacob Jeshurun Israel (Person) Israelite Jesurun

Family members

Father: Isaac
Mother: Rebekah
Spouse: Bilhah Leah Rachel Zilpah
Siblings: Esau
Children: Asher Benjamin Dan Dinah Gad Issachar Joseph Judah Levi Naphtali Reuben Simeon Zebulun

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Alternative names

ἸακώβJacobmeans “that supplants, undermines; the heel”
ἸσραήλIsrael
ἸσραηλίτηςIsrael
יַעֲקֹבJacobmeans “that supplants, undermines; the heel”
יִשְׂרָאֵלGod
יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael
יִשְׂרְאֵלִיIsrael
יִשְׂרְאֵלִיתIsrael
יְשֻׁרוּןJeshurun

Mentions

3,504 verses

Includes 926 verses that refer to Israel without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

Ezekiel 14:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,
Ezekiel 14:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’
Ezekiel 14:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
Ezekiel 14:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
Ezekiel 14:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
Ezekiel 14:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”
Ezekiel 17:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
Ezekiel 17:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
Ezekiel 18:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
Ezekiel 18:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
Ezekiel 18:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.
Ezekiel 18:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.
Ezekiel 18:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
Ezekiel 18:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
Ezekiel 18:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
Ezekiel 18:31יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
Ezekiel 19:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
Ezekiel 19:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 20:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.
Ezekiel 20:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 20:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
…and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’
Ezekiel 20:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 20:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me.
Ezekiel 20:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?
Ezekiel 20:31יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!
Ezekiel 20:38יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 20:39יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.
Ezekiel 20:40יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
Ezekiel 20:42יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I swore to give your fathers.
Ezekiel 20:44יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”
Ezekiel 21:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
Ezekiel 21:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
Ezekiel 21:6Referred to, not named
But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.
Ezekiel 21:10Referred to, not named
…it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.
Ezekiel 21:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.
Ezekiel 21:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
Ezekiel 22:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
Ezekiel 22:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.
Ezekiel 24:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
Ezekiel 25:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
Ezekiel 25:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,
Ezekiel 25:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’
Ezekiel 27:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.
Ezekiel 28:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
Ezekiel 28:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob.
Ezekiel 29:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 29:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”
Ezekiel 29:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
Ezekiel 33:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.
Ezekiel 33:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’
Ezekiel 33:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
Ezekiel 33:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
Ezekiel 33:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
Ezekiel 33:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.
Ezekiel 33:29Referred to, not named
Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’
Ezekiel 33:31Referred to, not named
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
Ezekiel 34:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?
Ezekiel 34:4Referred to, not named
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
Ezekiel 34:5Referred to, not named
They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
Ezekiel 34:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.
Ezekiel 34:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 34:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,’ declares the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 35:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
Ezekiel 35:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’
Ezekiel 35:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 36:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.
Ezekiel 36:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.
Ezekiel 36:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.
Ezekiel 36:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.
Ezekiel 36:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
Ezekiel 36:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.
Ezekiel 36:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity.
Ezekiel 36:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.
Ezekiel 36:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.
Ezekiel 36:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!
Ezekiel 36:37יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
Ezekiel 37:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
Ezekiel 37:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.
Ezekiel 37:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’
Ezekiel 37:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’
Ezekiel 37:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.
Ezekiel 37:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.
Ezekiel 37:25יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
Ezekiel 37:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”
Ezekiel 38:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.
Ezekiel 38:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore prophesy, son of man, and tell Gog that this is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when My people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not take notice of this?
Ezekiel 38:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
Ezekiel 38:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one of whom I have spoken in former days through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who in those times prophesied for years that I would bring you against them?
Ezekiel 38:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now on that day when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, My wrath will flare up.
Ezekiel 38:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
In My zeal and fiery rage I proclaim that on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.
Ezekiel 39:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 39:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.
Ezekiel 39:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
Ezekiel 39:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.
Ezekiel 39:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.
Ezekiel 39:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
Ezekiel 39:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.
Ezekiel 39:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
Ezekiel 39:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
Ezekiel 39:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.