Ezekiel 37:11 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 37:11

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Our bones are dried-- (Ps 141:7), explained by "our hope is lost" (Isa 49:14); our national state is as hopeless of resuscitation, as marrowless bones are of reanimation. cut off for our parts--that is, so far as we are concerned.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The application of this vision to the present calamitous condition of the Jews in captivity: These bones are the whole house of Israel, both the ten tribes and the two. See in this what they are and what they shall be. The depth of despair to which they are now reduced,

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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,

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמֶר֮	vai.yo.Mer	and he said	H559 →
אֵלַי֒	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
בֶּן־	ben-	O son of	H1121 →
אָדָ֕ם	'a.Dam	humankind	H120 →
הָעֲצָמ֣וֹת	ha.'a.tza.Mot	the bones	H6106 →
הָאֵ֔לֶּה	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
כָּל־	kol-	[are] all	H3605 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
הֵ֑מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
הִנֵּ֣ה	hi.Neh	there!	H2009 →
אֹמְרִ֗ים	'o.me.Rim	[they are] saying	H559 →
יָבְשׁ֧וּ	ya.ve.Shu	they have dried up	H3001 →
עַצְמוֹתֵ֛ינוּ	atz.mo.Tei.nu	bones our	H6106 →
וְאָבְדָ֥ה	ve.'a.ve.Dah	and it has been lost	H6 →
תִקְוָתֵ֖נוּ	tik.va.Te.nu	hope our	H8615 →
נִגְזַ֥רְנוּ	nig.Zar.nu	we have been cut off	H1504 →
לָֽנוּ׃	La.nu	<for> ourselves

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

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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
Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
leads to
- Colossians 2:13
  When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
- Ephesians 2:5–6
  made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
- Colossians 3:1–4
  Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- Romans 8:2
  For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Ephesians 4:18
  They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
Through
Jeremiah 31:1
“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 30:22
  “And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
Through
Ezekiel 39:25
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
leads to
- Ezekiel 34:13
  I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in…
Through
Ezekiel 36:10
I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
leads to
- Ezekiel 36:33
  This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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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