Ezekiel 37:14
in Ezekiel 37I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it and performed it, saith Jehovah.
KJV
And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.
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This verse in Ezekiel 37
Commentary
4 notes on this verseWe notice here how the operations of the Spirit of life are again resumed; we know in what way the dead are raised from the opening tombs. And is it in truth a matter of wonder that the sepulchers of the dead are opened at the bidding of the Lord, when the whole earth from its utmost limits is shaken by one thunderclap, the sea overflows its bounds and again checks the course of its waves?
This site's exposition
these bones are the whole house of Israel
on Ezekiel 37:11-14
The vision interprets itself, and the exposition keeps the text's own referent at full strength: these bones are the whole house of Israel, the exiles who say our bones are dried, and our hope is lost. The promise answers with graves opened, a return to the land of Israel named twice, and my spirit put in you, the same order as the vision, regathering and then life. The church's readings are carried as the readings they are, with holders named: the fathers and many since heard the general resurrection here, and Jerome records the passage read at funerals; the site's ruling stands with the text, the promise is to named Israel, and the larger hearings stand beside it rather than in its place.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
on Ezekiel 37:11-14
That they were so divided among themselves, too much of the old enmity between Judah and Ephraim remaining even in their captivity. But, as to this, by a sign of two sticks made one in the hand of the prophet is foreshown the happy coalition that should be, at their return, between the two nations of Israel and Judah,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And shall put my Spirit - רוחי ruchi. Here רוח ruach is taken for the Holy Ghost. They were living souls, animal and intellectual beings, when they had received their souls, as mentioned above: but they could only become spiritual, holy, and obedient creatures by the Spirit of God actuating their spirits. See the notes on Eze 36:25-27 (note). Three degrees or processes have been remarked in this mystic vision. When the prophet was commanded to prophesy - to foretell, on the authority of God, that there should be a restoration to their own land: -
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָתַתִּ֨י | venatati | and I will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| רוּחִ֤י | ruchi | spirit my | H7307 → | 378 times |
| בָכֶם֙ | vakhem | in you | ||
| וִחְיִיתֶ֔ם | vichyitem | and you will live | H2421 → | 282 times |
| וְהִנַּחְתִּ֥י | vehinachti | and I will set down | H5117 → | 142 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אַדְמַתְכֶ֑ם | ʾadmatkhem | own land your | H127 → | 225 times |
| וִידַעְתֶּ֞ם | vida'tem | and you will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֧י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי | dibarti | I have spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| וְעָשִׂ֖יתִי | veasiti | and I will act | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ פ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְנָתַתִּ֨יand I will put
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
רוּחִ֤יspirit my
ruchiH7307 →378 times
בָכֶם֙in you
vakhem
וִחְיִיתֶ֔םand you will live
vichyitemH2421 →282 times
וְהִנַּחְתִּ֥יand I will set down
vehinachtiH5117 →142 times
אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אַדְמַתְכֶ֑םown land your
ʾadmatkhemH127 →225 times
וִידַעְתֶּ֞םand you will know
vida'temH3045 →945 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֧יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
דִּבַּ֥רְתִּיI have spoken
dibartiH1696 →1141 times
וְעָשִׂ֖יתִיand I will act
veasitiH6213 →2628 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָֽה׃ פYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
it leads to
- Jeremiah 31:33
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 36:26–27
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- Jeremiah 32:39–40
I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Jeremiah 31:33
Through
Ezekiel 36:27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
it leads to
- Titus 3:3–6
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- Hebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Ezekiel 39:29
And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- Titus 3:3–6
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, On the Death of Satyrus 2.76; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.