The whole house; the hieroglyphic or emblem of the house of Israel. They say; think, discourse, and conclude. Our bones are dried; their state as hopeless, as far from recovery, as dried bones scattered abroad, and, undistinguished, heaped up, are from life. Our hope is lost; the hope, not that false prophets gave us, but that the true prophets proposed to us, is utterly lost, and we are out of all expectation of a recovery.
Verse Ezekiel 37:11. _THESE BONES ARE THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL_] That is, their state is represented by _these bones_; and their restoration to their own land is represented by the _revivification_ o...
WE ARE CUT OFF FOR OUR PARTS - That is, “as for us, we are cut off.” The people had fallen into despair....
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...
ARE. they [are]. Figure of speech _Metaphor_. App-6. THE WHOLE HOUSE. As distinct from "the house", WE ARE CUT OFF FOR OUR PARTS. as for us, we are quite cut off, or clean cut off....
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...
_The whole house of Israel_ viz. Judah and Ephraim. _our hope is lost_ Those who speak are the living members of the nation, and it is of the nationality that they speak. The destruction and dissoluti...
DISCOURSE: 1121 SOULS QUICKENED BY THE GOSPEL Ezekiel 37:11. Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost; w...
AN EXCEEDING GREAT ARMY— This vision itself, in the first place, affords a very lively image of the resurrection; next, they who are raised to life again, are said to be an _exceeding great army;_ the...
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...
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. OUR BONES ARE DRIED - () expl...
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...
CUT OFF FOR OUR PARTS] RV 'clean cut off.' 12, 13. GRAVES] The figure here is somewhat changed. Still the reference is not to the graves of those actually dead, but to the heathen world as the grave...
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
ARE THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. — This Divine interpretation of the vision leaves no doubt of its meaning. Whatever other sense might possibly be attached to its language, there can be no uncertainty a...
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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...
_Off, like branches. Notwithstanding these desponding thoughts, God will restore his people, (Worthington) by means of Cyrus. The grave is often put for punishment and grievous calamities, Osee vi. 3....
See, Reader, how the Lord himself hath graciously explained this vision to the Prophet. Whether, as some read it, the subject refers to the restoration of Israel from Babylon, temporally considered; o...
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,...
THEN HE SAID UNTO ME, SON OF MAN,.... Here follow the explication and application of the above vision: THESE BONES ARE THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL; an emblem of them, of their state and condition in th...
_Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts._ Ver. 11. _These bones are._]...
_These bones are the whole house of Israel_ These bones represent the forlorn and desperate condition to which the whole nation of Israel is reduced; _they say, Our bones are dried_, &c. Our affairs a...
Then He said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel, those who were properly included in the Lord's people, the spiritual Israel. BEHOLD, THEY SAY, on account of the tribulatio...
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...
Ezekiel 37:11 said H559 (H8799) Son H1121 man H120 bones H6106 house H1004 Israel H3478 say H559 ...
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...
‘Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost. We are cut off for us (or ‘our thread of life has been cut o...
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...
_Therefore prophesy and say unto them, thus saith the Lord God; behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel._ DESP...
_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...
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...
2 Corinthians 5:14; Ephesians 2:1; Ezekiel 36:10; Ezekiel 37:16;...
The whole house — The emblem of the house of Israel. Are dried — Our state is as hopeless, as far from recovery, as dried bones are from life....