Ezekiel 37:10 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 37:10

So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.

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ASV

So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

KJV

So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On the Death of Satyrus 2.69 (397)

In minute detail the holy prophet Ezekiel teaches and describes how strength will be restored to our dry bones, feeling return and motion added; how, with the return of sinews, the whole structure of the human body will grow strong, and how the driest bones will be clothed with restored flesh and the openings of the veins and the streams of the blood will be concealed by a veil of skin drawn tautly over them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But we call in vain, still they are dead, still they are very dry; we must therefore be earnest with God in prayer for the working of the Spirit with the word: Come, O breath! and breathe upon them. God's grace can save souls without our preaching, but our preaching cannot save them without God's grace, and that grace must be sought by prayer.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 582: “The Restoration And Conversion Of The Jews” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1864)

THIS vision has been used, from the time of Jerome onwards, as a description of the resurrection and certainly it may be so accommodated with much effect. What a vision of the great day the words picture before the mind's eye! The great army of the quick, who once were dead, seem to start up as we read. Here, too, we have a very fit and appropriate question to be asked in a tomb—"Son of man, can these bones live?"

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהִנַּבֵּ֖אתִי	ve.hi.na.Be.ti	and I prophesied	H5012 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
צִוָּ֑נִי	tzi.Va.ni	he commanded me	H6680 →
וַתָּבוֹא֩	va.ta.Vo'	and it came	H935 →
בָהֶ֨ם	va.Hem	in them
הָר֜וּחַ	ha.Ru.ach	the breath	H7307 →
וַיִּֽחְי֗וּ	vai.yich.Yu	and they lived	H2421 →
וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙	vai.ya.'am.Du	and they stood	H5975 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
רַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם	rag.lei.Hem	feet their	H7272 →
חַ֖יִל	Cha.yil	an army	H2428 →
גָּד֥וֹל	ga.Dol	great	H1419 →
מְאֹד־	me.'od-	very	H3966 →
מְאֹֽד׃ ס	me.'Od	very	H3966 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 104:30
When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
leads to
- Job 33:4
  The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
- Ezekiel 37:9
  Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe…
- Revelation 21:5
  And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
- Job 26:13
  By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
- Isaiah 65:17
  For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
Through
Revelation 11:11
But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.
leads to
- Genesis 2:7
  Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- Romans 8:11
  And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His…
- Romans 8:2
  For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

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

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ezekiel