In that day, namely, at the time which was generally included in this section, will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, the horn being the symbol of power and authority, and the expression pointing forward to a revival of Judah's might, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them, so that Ezekiel and every true prophet of the Lord would have willing hearers among the chastened congregation; and they shall know that I am the Lord. The words do not promse that the ancient glory of Israel as a political state would be revived, but they contain an earnest of the spiritual growth of the true Israel and of its eventual full glory under the Messiah, the Son of David.

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