The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 37

hand.In this vision, the dry bones aptly represent the ruined and desperate state of both Israel and Judah; and the revivification of these bones signifies their restoration to their own land after their captivity, and also their recovery from their present long dispersion. Although this is the primary and genuine scope of the vision, yet the doctrine of a general resurrection of the dead may justly be inferred from it; for "a simile of the resurrection," says Jerome, after Tertullian and others, "would never have been used to signify the restoration of the people of Israel, unless such a future resurrection had been believed and known; because no one attempts to confirm uncertain things by things which have no existence." Eze 1:3 Eze 3:14 Eze 3:22 Eze 33:22 Eze 40:1 Re 1:10

carried. Eze 8:3 Eze 11:24 1Ki 18:12 2Ki 2:16 Lu 4:1 Ac 8:39

21 The promises of Christ's kingdom.

valley. or, champaign. De 11:30

they were. Eze 37:11 Ps 141:7

can. Joh 6:5 Joh 6:6

O Lord God. De 32:29 1Sa 2:6 Joh 5:21 Joh 11:25 Joh 11:26 Ac 26:8 Ro 4:17 2Co 1:9 2Co 1:10 Heb 11:19

Prophesy. Eze 37:11 Eze 37:15 Eze 37:16 Nu 20:8 1Ki 13:2 Mt 21:21 Joh 2:5

O ye. Eze 36:1 Isa 26:19 Isa 42:18 Jer 22:29 Mic 6:2 Joh 5:25 Joh 5:28 Joh 5:29

I will. Eze 37:9 Eze 37:10 Eze 37:14 Ge 2:7 Ps 104:29 Ps 104:30 Joh 20:22 Ro 8:2 Eph 2:5

I will. Eze 37:8-10

ye shall. Eze 37:14 Eze 6:7 Eze 6:13 Eze 7:4 Eze 7:9 Eze 11:10 Eze 11:12 Eze 20:38 Eze 28:22-26 Eze 32:15 Eze 34:27 Eze 35:9 Eze 35:12 Eze 35:15 Eze 38:23 Eze 39:6 Eze 39:22 Eze 39:28 De 29:6 1Ki 20:28 Isa 49:23 Joe 2:27 Joe 3:17

I prophesied as. Jer 13:5-7 Jer 26:8 Ac 4:19 Ac 5:20-29

there. 1Ki 19:11-13 Ac 2:2 Ac 2:37 Ac 16:26-29

Eze 37:8

wind. or, breath. Come. Eze 37:5 Eze 37:14 So 4:16 Joh 3:8

the breath. Ps 104:30 Re 11:11 Re 20:4 Re 20:5

whole house. Eze 37:16 Eze 37:19 Eze 36:10 Eze 39:25 Jer 31:1 Jer 33:24-26 Ho 1:11 Ro 11:26 2Co 5:14 Eph 2:1

Our bones. Eze 37:1-8 Nu 17:12 Nu 17:13 Ps 77:7-9 Ps 141:7 Isa 40:27 Isa 49:14 Jer 2:25

Therefore. Job 35:14 Job 35:15

I will open.This is a pointed allusion to the resurrection; under which figure Isaiah (ch. 26:9) also describes the restoration of the house of Israel, when he says, "thy dead men shall live;" at which time their bones are said to flourish, (ch. 66:14,) or to be restored to their former strength and vigour; and, in like manner, St. Paul, (Ro 11:15,) expresses their conversion by "life from the dead." In the land of their captivity, they seemed as absolutely deprived of their country as persons committed to the grave are cut off from the land of the living; but when Cyrus issued his proclamation, Jehovah, as it were, opened their graves, and when he stirred up their spirits to embrace the proffered liberty, he put his Spirit within them, that they might live; and their re-establishment in their own land evinced the truth of God in the prediction, and his power in its accomplishment. Eze 37:21 Isa 26:19 Isa 66:14 Ho 6:2 Ho 13:14 1Th 4:16 Re 20:13

and bring. Eze 37:25 Eze 28:25 Eze 36:24 Ezr 1:1-2:70 Am 9:14 Am 9:15

Eze 37:6 Eze 16:62 Ps 126:2 Ps 126:3

shall put. Eze 37:9 Eze 11:19 Eze 36:27 Eze 39:29 Isa 32:15 Joe 2:28 Joe 2:29 Zec 12:10 Ac 2:16 Ac 2:17 Ro 8:2 Ro 8:11 1Co 15:45 Tit 3:5 Tit 3:6

I the Lord. Eze 17:24 Eze 22:14 Eze 36:36

Eze 37:15

take thee. Nu 17:2 Nu 17:3

For Judah. 2Ch 10:17 2Ch 11:11-17 2Ch 15:9 2Ch 30:11-18

For Joseph. 1Ki 12:16-20 2Ch 10:19

Eze 37:22-24 Isa 11:13 Jer 50:4 Ho 1:11 Zep 3:9

Wilt. Eze 12:9 Eze 17:12 Eze 20:49 Eze 24:19

Behold. Eze 37:16 Eze 37:17 1Ch 9:1-3 Zec 10:6 Eph 2:13 Eph 2:14 Col 3:11

in thine. Eze 12:3 Nu 17:6-9 Ho 12:10

Eze 34:13 Eze 36:24 Eze 39:25 De 30:3 De 30:4 Isa 11:11-16 Isa 27:12 Isa 27:13 Isa 43:6 Isa 49:12 Jer 16:15 Jer 23:3 Jer 23:8 Jer 29:14 Jer 30:3 Jer 30:10 Jer 30:18 Jer 31:8-10 Jer 32:37 Jer 33:7 Jer 33:11 Jer 50:19 Am 9:14 Am 9:15 Ob 1:17-21 Mic 7:11 Mic 7:12

I will make. Isa 11:12 Isa 11:13 Jer 3:18 Jer 32:39 Jer 50:4 Ho 1:11 Eph 2:19-22

and one.It is evident that the grand union of Israel and Judah here predicted, and their government under one king, and that king to be David, must still be future; for, politically speaking, they never had a king from that day to this, far less a king or prince of that name. (See on ch. 34:23.) Eze 37:24 Eze 34:23 Eze 34:24 Ge 49:10 Ps 2:6 Ps 2:12 Ps 72:1 Ps 72:8 Isa 9:6 Isa 9:7 Jer 23:5 Jer 23:6 Jer 33:14-17 Jer 33:26 Ho 3:4 Ho 3:5 Lu 1:32 Lu 1:33 Joh 10:16 Re 11:15

shall they defile. Eze 20:43 Eze 36:25 Eze 36:29 Eze 36:31 Eze 43:7 Eze 43:8 Isa 2:18 Ho 14:8 Zec 13:1 Zec 13:2 Zec 14:21

but. Eze 36:24 Eze 36:29 Le 20:7 Le 20:8 Mic 7:14

will cleanse. Eph 5:26 Eph 5:27 Heb 9:13 Heb 9:14 1Jo 1:7 1Jo 1:9

they be. Eze 37:27 Eze 36:28 Eze 39:22 Ge 17:7 Ge 17:8 Ps 68:20 Ps 68:35 Jer 31:1 Jer 31:33 Jer 32:38 Jer 32:39 Ho 1:10 Zec 13:9 Re 21:3 Re 21:4 Re 21:7

David. Eze 37:25 Isa 55:3 Isa 55:4 Jer 23:5 Jer 30:9 Ho 3:5 Lu 1:32

one. Eze 37:22 Eze 34:23 Eze 34:24 Ps 78:71 Ps 78:72 Ps 80:1 Ec 12:11 Isa 40:11 Mic 5:2 Mic 5:4 Zec 13:7 Joh 10:11 Joh 10:14-16 Eph 4:4-6 Heb 13:20 1Pe 5:4

they shall. Eze 36:27 De 30:6 Jer 31:33 Jer 32:39 1Co 11:2 Eph 2:10 Php 2:12 Php 2:13 Tit 2:11-13 Tit 3:3-8 1Jo 2:6

they shall dwell in. Eze 37:21 Eze 28:25 Eze 36:28 Eze 37:26 Jer 30:3 Jer 31:24 Jer 32:41

even they. Isa 60:21 Isa 66:22 Joe 3:20 Am 9:15 Zep 3:14 Zep 3:15 Zec 14:11

and my. Eze 37:24 Isa 9:6 Isa 9:7 Da 2:44 Da 2:45 Zec 6:12 Zec 6:13 Lu 1:32 Lu 1:33 Joh 12:34 Heb 7:2 Heb 7:21

I will make. Eze 34:25 Ge 17:7 2Sa 23:5 Ps 89:3 Ps 89:4 Isa 55:3 Isa 59:20 Isa 59:21 Jer 32:40 Ho 2:18-23 Joh 14:27 Heb 13:20 Heb 13:21

multiply. Eze 36:10 Eze 36:37 Isa 27:6 Isa 49:21 Jer 30:19 Jer 31:27 Zec 8:4 Zec 8:5 Heb 6:14

set. Eze 11:16 Eze 43:7 Eze 45:1-6 Le 26:11 Le 26:12 1Ki 8:20 1Ki 8:21 Ps 68:18 Zec 2:5 2Co 6:16

tabernacle. Joh 1:14 Col 2:9 Col 2:10 Re 21:3 Re 21:22

I will. Eze 37:23 Eze 11:20 Eze 14:11 Eze 36:28 Le 26:12 Ho 2:23

the heathen. Eze 36:23 Eze 36:36 Eze 38:23 Eze 39:7 Eze 39:23 Ps 79:10 Ps 102:15 Ps 126:2 Ro 11:15

sanctify. Eze 20:12 Ex 31:13 Le 20:8 Le 21:8 Joh 17:17-19 1Co 1:30 Eph 5:26 1Th 5:23