George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezekiel 37:7
Noise of the bones moving, which denotes the wars of Cyrus and the hurry of the nations to which he restored liberty.
Noise of the bones moving, which denotes the wars of Cyrus and the hurry of the nations to which he restored liberty.
BONE TO HIS BONE - i. e., to its proper place in the frame....
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...
AS. according as. NOISE. voice. SHAKING. commotion....
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...
_behold a shaking_ The word is rendered "rushing" (Ezekiel 3:12). The noise is that occasioned by the rising and rushing of the bones together. The previous word "noise" is wanting in LXX., which read...
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...
So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. AS I PROPHESIED, THERE WAS A NOISE - the noise of t...
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...
A SHAKING] RV 'an earthquake.' 8, 9. WIND.. BREATH] The same Hebrew word means wind, breath, or spirit. The wind of the vision represents the Spirit of God in the actual process of the nation's reviv...
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
וְ נִבֵּ֖אתִי כַּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צֻוֵּ֑יתִי וַֽ יְהִ
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...
Here we see a true descendant of Abraham, who against hope believed in hope. He simply did as he was commanded. He bid the dead hear the voice of the Son of God, and the promise then was the same as i...
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,...
SO I PROPHESIED AS I WAS COMMANDED,.... The prophet was not disobedient to the heavenly vision; he was right to observe the orders and instructions given, whatever were the issue and success of them;...
So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. Ver. 7. _So I prophesied._] He might have said, Why sh...
_So I prophesied as I was commanded_ I declared these promises or gracious purposes of God concerning these bones. _And as I prophesied there was a noise_, &c. Such a noise as we may suppose would ari...
THE VISION OF THE RESURRECTION...
So I prophesied as I was commanded, without consulting with flesh and blood, simply at the command of the Lord; AND AS I PROPHESIED, THERE WAS A NOISE, a voice, or sound, AND BEHOLD A SHAKING, a loude...
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...
I PROPHESIED; declared or pronounced these promises or gracious purposes of God concerning them. AS I WAS COMMANDED: whether it was thus or some other way, the prophet was commanded it, and so he did...
Ezekiel 37:7 prophesied H5012 (H8738) commanded H6680 (H8795) prophesied H5012 (H8736) noise H6963 rattling H7494 bo
‘So I prophesied as I was commanded, and as I prophesied there was a great noise, and behold an earthquake (or ‘shaking' or ‘rattling'), and the bones came together, bone to his bone, and I beheld and...
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...
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...
_So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone._ THE RESURRECTION OF DRY BONES The prophecy of Ezekie...
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...
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 19:11; Acts 16:26; Acts 2:2; Acts 2:37; Acts 4:19;...
Prophesied — Declared these promises. As I prophesied — While I was prophesying. A noise — A rattling of the bones in their motion. A shaking — A trembling or commotion among the bones, enough to mani...