Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
Prophesy upon these bones - i:e., prophesy over them; proclaim God's quickening word to them. On account of this innate power of the Divine Word to effect its end, prophets are said to do that which they prophesy as about to be done ().
Verse Ezekiel 37:4. _PROPHESY UPON THESE BONES_]; Declare to your miserable countrymen the gracious designs of the Lord; show them that their state, however deplorable, is not hopeless....
PROPHESY - Not in the sense of predicting what was to come to pass, but simply in that of speaking under the inspiration of God. In Ezekiel 37:5, not “I will cause,” but I cause or am causing....
CHAPTER S 37-48 The Future Blessings of Israel, the Nation Regathered, Their Enemies Overthrown, the Millennial Temple, and the Division of the Land _ 1. The vision of the dry bones and Judah and I...
THE RESURRECTION OF THE PEOPLE. Those fair ideals, however, cannot abolish the melancholy reality. The truth is that the exiled people are as good as dead and in their graves (Ezekiel 37:11 f.). Over...
UPON. over. Hebrew. _'al_....
The vision of Israel's resurrection from the dead The vision seems suggested by the saying current among the people, "our bones are dried, our hope is lost; we are wholly cut off." This idea and feel...
DISCOURSE: 1120 UNIVERSAL RESTORATION OF THE JEWS Ezekiel 37:1. The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which teas fu...
II. THE REBIRTH OF THE NATION 37:1-28 Ezekiel had been promising God's people a bright future with new leadership and a new Canaan. However, these promises were met with as much skepticism as his earl...
THE NEW ISRAEL (EZEKIEL 33-48) So long as the Jewish kingdom remained in existence Ezekiel's prophecies (those in Ezekiel 1-24) dealt almost exclusively with the nation's sin, and with the certainty o...
EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 37 THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES – EZEKIEL 37:1-14 V1 I fe
PROPHESY UPON THESE BONES. — “Prophesy” is here used (as frequently) in its original sense of “speak on God’s behalf,” and does not convey the idea of _prediction. _...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י הִנָּבֵ֖א עַל ־הָ עֲצָמֹ֣ו
LIFE FROM THE DEAD Ezekiel 37:1 The most formidable obstacle to faith on the part of the exiles in the possibility of a national redemption was the complete disintegration of the ancient people of Is...
THE RESURRECTION OF A DEAD NATION Ezekiel 37:1-14 A marvelous chapter-the vision is so graphic. Time does not rob it of its significance. Indeed every sign points to speedy fulfillment. The Jewish na...
The wonderful vision of the valley filled with bones was now granted to the prophet. As he gazed on them, he was asked, "Son of man, can these bones live?" His utter abandonment to God, even in the ma...
When the Lord commanded the Prophet to prophesy or preach to the dry bones; had he been one of our modern preachers, who call themselves rational Christians, and affect to despise all doctrines their...
Chapter 37 reveals the definitive blessing of the people as a fact, without entering into any details of the events that terminate in this blessing. The dry bones of Israel, of the nation as a whole,...
AGAIN HE SAID UNTO ME, PROPHESY UPON THESE BONES,.... Or, "over these bones" t; or, "concerning these bones" u; foretell that they shall live; tell others of it, and them also: AND SAY UNTO THEM, O Y...
Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Ver. 4. _Prophesy upon these bones._] Be thou the interpreter of my will, who by mine a...
_Again he said, Prophesy upon these bones_ Here sense and understanding are attributed to the dry bones; and as these bones signified the captive Jews, they are with strict propriety called upon to _h...
Again He said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, that is, over or concerning them, AND SAY UNTO THEM, O YE DRY BONES, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD, which is the bearer of life, the mediator of the salva...
THE VISION OF THE RESURRECTION...
1-14 No created power could restore human bones to life. God alone could cause them to live. Skin and flesh covered them, and the wind was then told to blow upon these bodies; and they were restored...
The prophet had spoken often to things that could as little hear as these bones could, yet when they are deaf to a prophet, they will hear the prophet's God. YE DRY BONES, HEAR: alas, what, dry bones...
Ezekiel 37:4 said H559 (H8799) Prophesy H5012 (H8734) bones H6106 say H559 (H8804) dry H3002 bones...
THE VISION OF THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES (EZEKIEL 37:1). This vision is not directly an illustration or promise of physical resurrection. Ezekiel nowhere gives any indication of expecting a resurrection...
‘Again he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones and say to them, O you dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh. Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones, Behold I will cause spirit (or ‘breath') to enter...
Ezekiel 37:1. _The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD,_ God's servants learn nothing until they have an experience similar to that of Ezekiel. They must be led...
CONTENTS: Vision of the valley of dry bones. Sign of the two sticks. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Ezekiel, Joseph, Ephraim, Judah. CONCLUSION: He who made man so fearfully and wonderfully can in li...
Ezekiel 37:14. _I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live._ A moral resurrection shall pass upon the people of Israel; the Lord shall “bring them up out of their graves,” where they have long bee...
_Son of man, can these bones live?_ THE VISION OF A TRUE REVIVAL I. Such a revival often seems utterly hopeless. The condition of a nation in some of its eras of misfortune; the condition of the hum...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 37:1 This vision is one of the most famous passages in Ezekiel. While it stands on its own as a statement of God’s power to re-create his people, the context is significant. Th...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 37:4 God commands Ezekiel to do what seems pointless (PROPHESY OVER THESE BONES). God promises that he will perform the impossible: bring the bones back to life with his BREATH...
THE VISION OF THE DRY BONES REVIVIFIED A SYMBOL OF THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF ISRAEL. (Chap. 37.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 37:1. “THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS UPON ME.” “The abrupt commencement witho...
EXPOSITION This chapter embraces, in its earlier section (Ezekiel 37:1), the concluding portion of the "word of God" begun at Ezekiel 36:16; in its later section (Ezekiel 36:15), an additional "word,...
CHAPTER 37. THE VISION OF THE DRY BONES RESTORED TO LIFE AGAIN, AS SYMBOLICAL OF ISRAEL'S DEATH AND RESURRECTION. THE preceding prophecies have unfolded, in all essential particulars, the future salv...
Now in chapter 37, again, a prophecy of the restoration of the nation of Israel, the rebirth of the nation. The hand of the LORD was upon me, carried me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down...
1 Kings 13:2; Ezekiel 36:1; Ezekiel 37:11; Ezekiel 37:15; Ezekiel 3