Ezekiel 37:2 ASV — MannaFest

Ezekiel 37:2

And he caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

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KJV

And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

WEB

He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry.

YLT

and He causeth me to pass over by them, all round about, and lo, very many are on the face of the valley, and lo, very dry.

DBT

And he caused me to pass by them round about; and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and behold, they were very dry.

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Psalms 141:7
As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
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 up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
Revelation 20:5
The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.
Jeremiah 31:40
And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto Jehovah; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
Deuteronomy 11:30
Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

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About this book

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Ezekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
Date: Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)

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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 up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
leads to
- Ephesians 2:1
  And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
- Psalms 77:7–9
  Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?
- Ezekiel 39:25
  Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.
- Ezekiel 36:10
  and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded;
- Jeremiah 31:1
  At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
Through
Psalms 141:7
As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
leads to
- Romans 8:36
  Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
- Psalms 53:5
  There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath rejected them.
Through
Deuteronomy 11:30
Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of…
leads to
- Genesis 12:6
  And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

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