Ezekiel 37:7 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 37:7

So I prophesied as I had been commanded. And as I prophesied, there was suddenly a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

BSB

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ASV

So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

KJV

So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

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Commentary

4 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 Church Fathers1 voice

Justin Martyr

The First Apology, Chapter LII (165)

For the prophets have proclaimed two advents of His: the one, that which is already past, when He came as a dishonoured and suffering Man; but the second, when, according to prophecy, He shall come from heaven with glory, accompanied by His angelic host, when also He shall raise the bodies of all men who have lived, and shall clothe those of the worthy with immortality, and shall send those of the wicked, endued with eternal sensibility, into everlasting fire with the wicked devils. And that these things also have been foretold as yet to be, we will prove.

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

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנִבֵּ֖אתִי	ve.ni.Be.ti	and I prophesied	H5012 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
צֻוֵּ֑יתִי	tzu.Vei.ti	I was commanded	H6680 →
וַֽיְהִי־	vay.hi-	and it came	H1961 →
ק֤וֹל	Kol	a sound	H6963 →
כְּהִנָּֽבְאִי֙	ke.hi.na.ve.'I	when prophesied I	H5012 →
וְהִנֵּה־	ve.hi.neh-	and there!	H2009 →
רַ֔עַשׁ	Ra.'ash	a rattling	H7494 →
וַתִּקְרְב֣וּ	va.tik.re.Vu	and they drew near	H7126 →
עֲצָמ֔וֹת	a.tza.Mot	[the] bones	H6106 →
עֶ֖צֶם	'E.tzem	bone	H6106 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עַצְמֽוֹ׃	atz.Mo	bone its	H6106 →

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
Acts 2:2
Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
leads to
- Acts 4:31
  After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
- 1 Kings 19:11
  Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered…
- John 3:8
  The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
- Psalms 18:10
  He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
- Acts 16:25–26
  About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Through
Acts 4:19
But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
leads to
- Acts 5:29
  But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
- Exodus 1:17
  The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
- 1 Corinthians 10:15
  I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

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About Ezekiel

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

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

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