37:1 By the resurrection of dry bones,
Eze_37:11. the dead hope of Israel is revived;
37:15 By the uniting of two sticks,
Eze_37:18. is shewn the incorporation of Israel into Judah;
37:21 The promises of Christ's kingdom. Verse 1handIn this vision, the dry bones aptly represent the ruined and desperate state of both Israel and Judah; and the revivification of these bones signifies their restoration to their own land after their captivity, and also their recovery from their present long dispersion. Although this is the primary and genuine scope of the vision, yet the doctrine of a general resurrection of the dead may justly be inferred from it; for "a simile of the resurrection," says Jerome, after Tertullian and others, "would never have been used to signify the restoration of the people of Israel, unless such a future resurrection had been believed and known; because no one attempts to confirm uncertain things by things which have no existence." Ezekiel 1:3, 3:14, 3:22, 33:22, 40:1; Revelation 1:10 carriedEzekiel 8:3, 11:24; 1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:16; Luke 4:1; Acts 8:39Reciprocal2 Kings 13:21 - touched; Job 14:14 - shall he live; Psalm 53:5 - scattered; 88:10 - shall; Isaiah 11:11 - set his hand; 26:19 - dead men; 66:14 - your bones; Jeremiah 8:1 - General; Ezekiel 8:1 - that the; 11:1 - the spirit; 37:11 - Our bones; 43:5 - the spirit; Daniel 12:2 - many; Mark 12:24 - because; John 5:28 - for; 11:24 - I know; Romans 11:15 - but; 2 Corinthians 1:9 - in God; Colossians 2:13 - dead; Habakkuk 3:1 - resurrection Verse 2valleyor, champaign, Deuteronomy 11:30 they wereEzekiel 37:11; Psalm 141:7ReciprocalJeremiah 31:40 - the whole; Revelation 20:5 - This Verse 3canJohn 6:5, 6:6 O Lord GodDeuteronomy 32:29; 1 Samuel 2:6; John 5:21, 11:25, 11:26; Acts 26:8; Romans 4:17; 2 Corinthians 1:9, 1:10; Habakkuk 3:1ReciprocalNehemiah 4:2 - revive; Isaiah 49:24 - Shall; Ezekiel 2:1 - Son; Luke 7:14 - Young; John 11:44 - he that; 1 Corinthians 15:35 - How Verse 4ProphesyEzekiel 37:11, 37:15, 37:16; Numbers 20:8; 1 Kings 13:2; Matthew 21:21; John 2:5 O yeEzekiel 36:1; Isaiah 26:19, 42:18; Jeremiah 22:29; Micah 6:2; John 5:25, 5:28, 5:29Reciprocal2 Kings 7:1 - Elisha said; Job 10:11 - fenced; Micah 6:1 - let; Luke 5:5 - nevertheless; Ephesians 5:14 - arise Verse 5I willEzekiel 37:9, 37:10, 37:14; Genesis 2:7; Psalm 104:29, 104:30; John 20:22; Romans 8:2; Ephesians 2:5ReciprocalRevelation 11:11 - the Spirit Verse 6I willEzekiel 37:8-10 ye shall37:14, 6:7, 6:13, 7:4, 7:9, 11:10, 11:12, 20:38, 28:22-26, 32:15, 34:27; 35:9, 35:12, 35:15, 38:23, 39:6, 39:22, 39:28; Deuteronomy 29:6; 1 Kings 20:28; Isaiah 49:23; Joel 2:27, 3:17ReciprocalEzekiel 36:11 - and ye; 37:13 - General Verse 7I prophesied asJeremiah 13:5-7, 26:8; Acts 4:19, 5:20-29 there1 Kings 19:11-13; Acts 2:2, 2:37, 16:26-29ReciprocalEzekiel 11:13 - when; 12:7 - I did so Verse 8ReciprocalEzekiel 37:6 - I will Verse 9windor, breathComeEzekiel 37:5, 37:14; Song of Songs 4:16; John 3:8ReciprocalPsalm 104:30 - sendest; John 20:22 - he breathed; Acts 2:2 - as; 2 Corinthians 5:15 - that they; Revelation 7:1 - four angels Verse 10the breathPsalm 104:30; Revelation 11:11, 20:4, 20:5ReciprocalPsalm 119:50 - for thy; Ezekiel 3:24 - the spirit; 12:7 - I did so; 37:5 - I will; Acts 2:2 - as Verse 11whole houseEzekiel 37:16, 37:19, 36:10, 39:25; Jeremiah 31:1, 33:24-26; Hosea 1:11; Romans 11:26; 2 Corinthians 5:14; Ephesians 2:1 Our bonesEzekiel 37:1-8; Numbers 17:12, 17:13; Psalm 77:7-9, 141:7; Isaiah 40:27, 49:14; Jeremiah 2:25ReciprocalEzra 9:8 - reviving; Job 14:19 - destroyest; 17:16 - rest; Psalm 31:22 - I am; 143:3 - made me; Isaiah 49:24 - Shall; Jeremiah 18:12 - There; 30:12 - General; 31:17 - General; 32:43 - General; 33:10 - which ye; Lamentations 3:18 - General; 3:54 - I said; 5:22 - But thou hast utterly rejected us; Ezekiel 18:2 - the land; 33:10 - how; 37:2 - they were; 37:4 - Prophesy; Hosea 2:14 - and speak; 2:15 - for; 6:2 - two; 13:14 - ransom; Jonah 2:4 - I said; Habakkuk 1:12 - we; Zechariah 1:6 - Like; 4:6 - Not; 8:13 - O house; 9:12 - even; Luke 5:5 - we; 22:19 - is my; Acts 27:20 - all; Romans 4:18 - against; 1 Corinthians 15:35 - How; 1 Thessalonians 4:13 - which have; Revelation 11:8 - their dead Verse 12ThereforeJob 35:14, 35:15 I will openThis is a pointed allusion to the resurrection; under which figure Isaiah - Isaiah 26:9 also describes the restoration of the house of Israel, when he says, "thy dead men shall live;" at which time their bones are said to flourish - 66:14
or to be restored to their former strength and vigour; and, in like manner, St. Paul - Romans 11:15
expresses their conversion by "life from the dead." In the land of their captivity, they seemed as absolutely deprived of their country as persons committed to the grave are cut off from the land of the living; but when Cyrus issued his proclamation, Jehovah, as it were, opened their graves, and when he stirred up their spirits to embrace the proffered liberty, he put his Spirit within them, that they might live; and their re-establishment in their own land evinced the truth of God in the prediction, and his power in its accomplishment. Ezekiel 37:21; Isaiah 26:19, 66:14; Hosea 6:2, 13:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 20:13 and bringEzekiel 37:25, 28:25, 36:24; Ezra 1:1-2:70; Amos 9:14, 9:15ReciprocalPsalm 71:20 - shalt bring; Daniel 12:2 - many; Luke 5:5 - we Verse 13Ezekiel 37:6, 16:62; Psalm 126:2, 126:3Reciprocal71:20 - shalt bring; Isaiah 52:6 - my people; Ezekiel 36:11 - and ye; 36:35 - like the Verse 14shall putEzekiel 37:9, 11:19, 36:27, 39:29; Isaiah 32:15; Joel 2:28, 2:29; Zechariah 12:10; Acts 2:16, 2:17; Romans 8:2, 8:11; 1 Corinthians 15:45; Titus 3:5, 3:6 I the LordEzekiel 17:24, 22:14, 36:36Reciprocal1 Kings 8:20 - hath performed; Isaiah 27:3 - I the; 52:6 - my people; Ezekiel 5:17 - I the; 37:5 - I will; 37:6 - ye shall; 2 Corinthians 5:15 - that they Verse 15ReciprocalEzekiel 37:4 - Prophesy Verse 16take theeNumbers 17:2, 17:3 For Judah2 Chronicles 10:17, 11:11-17, 15:9, 30:11-18 For Joseph1 Kings 12:16-20; 2 Chronicles 10:19ReciprocalGenesis 30:24 - And she; 1 Kings 18:31 - twelve stones; Isaiah 7:2 - is confederate with; 11:13 - the envy; Jeremiah 3:18 - In; 31:1 - of; 50:4 - the children of Israel; Ezekiel 37:4 - Prophesy; 37:11 - whole house; 37:19 - Behold; Hosea 1:11 - the children of Judah; Amos 3:1 - against; Obadiah 1:18 - the house of Joseph; Zechariah 8:13 - O house; 10:6 - I will strengthen; 11:7 - one; 11:14 - I cut; John 17:21 - they all Verse 17Ezekiel 37:22-24; Isaiah 11:13; Jeremiah 50:4; Hosea 1:11; Zephaniah 3:9ReciprocalEzekiel 37:19 - Behold; Amos 3:1 - against Verse 18WiltEzekiel 12:9, 17:12, 20:49, 24:19Reciprocal2 Samuel 16:2 - What meanest; Ezekiel 3:11 - the children Verse 19BeholdEzekiel 37:16, 37:17; 1 Chronicles 9:1-3; Zechariah 10:6; Ephesians 2:13, 2:14; Colossians 3:11ReciprocalPsalm 68:27 - princes; Isaiah 17:6 - General; Ezekiel 18:2 - the land; 37:11 - whole house; Amos 5:6 - the house; Obadiah 1:18 - the house of Joseph; Zechariah 8:7 - I Verse 20in thineEzekiel 12:3; Numbers 17:6-9; Hosea 12:10ReciprocalEzekiel 21:6 - before; Ephesians 2:14 - both Verse 21Ezekiel 34:13, 36:24, 39:25; Deuteronomy 30:3, 30:4; Isaiah 11:11-16, 27:12, 27:13, 43:6, 49:12; Jeremiah 16:15, 23:3, 23:8, 29:14, 30:3, 30:10, 30:18, 31:8-10, 32:37, 33:7, 33:11, 50:19; Amos 9:14, 9:15; Obadiah 1:17-21; Micah 7:11, 7:12ReciprocalPsalm 106:47 - gather; 147:2 - he; Isaiah 32:17 - quietness; 43:5 - I will; 65:9 - I will; Jeremiah 12:14 - and pluck; 46:27 - I will save; Ezekiel 11:17 - General; 20:42 - when I; 28:25 - When; 37:12 - I will open; 37:25 - they shall dwell in; 38:8 - into the land; Daniel 12:1 - thy people; Hosea 11:11 - and I; Joel 3:1 - when; Obadiah 1:19 - the fields of Ephraim; Micah 2:12 - surely assemble; 4:6 - and I; Zephaniah 3:20 - even; John 1:49 - the King; Acts 3:19 - when; Romans 11:26 - all; Ephesians 4:13 - we all Verse 22I will makeIsaiah 11:12, 11:13; Jeremiah 3:18, 32:39, 50:4; Hosea 1:11; Ephesians 2:19-22 and oneIt is evident that the grand union of Israel and Judah here predicted, and their government under one king, and that king to be David, must still be future; for, politically speaking, they never had a king from that day to this, far less a king or prince of that name. - See note on Ezekiel 34:23. 37:24, 34:23, 34:24; Genesis 49:10; Psalm 2:6, 2:12, 72:1, 72:8; Isaiah 9:6, 9:7; Jeremiah 23:5, 23:6; 33:14-17, 33:26; Hosea 3:4, 3:5; Luke 1:32, 1:33; John 10:16; Revelation 11:15ReciprocalIsaiah 32:17 - quietness; Jeremiah 16:15 - that brought; 46:27 - I will save; 50:19 - bring; Ezekiel 6:2 - the mountains; 20:40 - there shall; 34:13 - I will bring; 36:1 - the mountains; 37:17 - General; 39:25 - the whole; Joel 3:1 - when; Amos 3:9 - the mountains; Micah 4:6 - and I; 5:2 - that is; Mark 3:24 - General; John 17:21 - they all; Ephesians 4:13 - we all Verse 23shall they defileEzekiel 20:43, 36:25, 36:29, 36:31, 43:7, 43:8; Isaiah 2:18; Hosea 14:8; Zechariah 13:1, 13:2, 14:21 butEzekiel 36:24, 36:29; Leviticus 20:7, 20:8; Micah 7:14 will cleanseEphesians 5:26, 5:27; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1; 1 John 1:7, 1:9 they beEzekiel 37:27, 36:28, 39:22; Genesis 17:7, 17:8; Psalm 68:20, 68:35; Jeremiah 31:1, 31:33, 32:38, 32:39; Hosea 1:10; Zechariah 13:9; Revelation 21:3, 21:4, 21:7ReciprocalIsaiah 54:14 - righteousness; Jeremiah 11:4 - ye be; 24:7 - and they; 30:9 - General; Ezekiel 11:18 - General; 14:11 - neither; 16:41 - and I; 34:24 - I the Lord will; 43:9 - the carcases; Hosea 14:3 - neither; Micah 5:13 - graven; John 3:10 - and knowest Verse 24DavidEzekiel 37:25; Isaiah 55:3, 55:4; Jeremiah 23:5, 30:9; Hosea 3:5; Luke 1:32 oneEzekiel 37:22, 34:23, 34:24; Psalm 78:71, 78:72, 80:1; Ecclesiastes 12:11; Isaiah 40:11; Micah 5:2, 5:4; Zechariah 13:7; John 10:11, 10:14-16; Ephesians 4:4-6; Habakkuk 3:1; 1 Peter 5:4 they shallEzekiel 36:27; Deuteronomy 30:6; Jeremiah 31:33, 32:39; 1 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 2:10; Philippians 2:12, 2:13; Titus 2:11-13, 3:3-8; 1 John 2:6ReciprocalGenesis 28:13 - the land; Leviticus 18:4 - General; Numbers 27:16 - set a man; Deuteronomy 4:1 - unto the statutes; 5:32 - observe; 6:1 - the commandments; 12:28 - General; 30:8 - General; 2 Samuel 5:2 - feed; 2 Chronicles 10:16 - David; Psalm 89:29 - throne; Isaiah 1:26 - And I will; 29:22 - Jacob shall; 37:35 - and for; Jeremiah 3:15 - And I; 23:6 - Judah; 30:21 - governor; 31:10 - and keep; 33:22 - so; Ezekiel 18:9 - walked; 20:19 - walk; 21:27 - until; 45:7 - General; 48:21 - the residue; Daniel 12:1 - the great; Amos 9:11 - raise; Zephaniah 3:15 - the king; Zechariah 1:16 - I am; 3:8 - my; 12:8 - the house; Matthew 2:6 - rule; 21:5 - thy King; 25:34 - the King; Mark 11:10 - the kingdom; Luke 1:69 - in; John 3:10 - and knowest; 12:34 - Christ; Acts 1:6 - restore; 13:22 - he raised; 13:34 - the sure; 26:6 - the promise; 1 Peter 2:25 - the Shepherd Verse 25they shall dwell inEzekiel 37:21, 28:25, 36:28, 37:26; Jeremiah 30:3, 31:24, 32:41 even theyIsaiah 60:21, 66:22; Joel 3:20; Amos 9:15; Zephaniah 3:14, 3:15; Zechariah 14:11 and myEzekiel 37:24; Isaiah 9:6, 9:7; Daniel 2:44, 2:45; Zechariah 6:12, 6:13; Luke 1:32, 1:33; John 12:34; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1ReciprocalGenesis 28:13 - the land; 49:26 - everlasting hills; 2 Samuel 5:2 - feed; 7:10 - plant them; 1 Chronicles 17:9 - and shall be; 2 Chronicles 10:16 - David; Psalm 89:29 - throne; Isaiah 1:26 - And I will; 30:19 - dwell; 32:17 - quietness; 37:35 - and for; 53:10 - he shall prolong; 55:3 - the sure; 59:21 - this; Jeremiah 23:8 - General; 31:17 - General; 31:40 - it shall; 32:39 - for the; Ezekiel 18:2 - the land; 20:41 - I bring; 20:42 - when I; 21:27 - until; 34:23 - my servant; 36:14 - no more; 36:24 - General; 37:12 - and bring; 44:3 - the prince; Hosea 2:19 - for; 11:11 - and I; Amos 9:11 - raise; 9:14 - build; Zechariah 8:8 - and they shall dwell; Matthew 25:34 - the King; Mark 11:10 - the kingdom; Luke 1:69 - in; 24:27 - and all; Acts 2:39 - the promise; 5:31 - a Prince; 13:22 - he raised; 13:34 - the sure; Revelation 11:15 - and he Verse 26I will makeEzekiel 34:25; Genesis 17:7; 2 Samuel 23:5; Psalm 89:3, 89:4; Isaiah 55:3, 59:20, 59:21; Jeremiah 32:40; Hosea 2:18-23; John 14:27; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1 multiplyEzekiel 36:10, 36:37; Isaiah 27:6, 49:21; Jeremiah 30:19, 31:27; Zechariah 8:4, 8:5; Habakkuk 3:1 setEzekiel 11:16, 43:7, 45:1-6; Leviticus 26:11, 26:12; 1 Kings 8:20, 8:21; Psalm 68:18; Zechariah 2:5; 2 Corinthians 6:16ReciprocalGenesis 49:26 - everlasting hills; Deuteronomy 13:17 - and multiply; 1 Kings 6:13 - I will dwell; Psalm 107:38 - He blesseth; 114:2 - General; 125:5 - peace; Isaiah 24:5 - broken; 54:13 - great; Jeremiah 3:16 - when; 31:31 - I; Ezekiel 16:60 - I will establish; 37:25 - they shall dwell in; 39:29 - hide; 43:9 - and I; Joel 2:27 - I am; Zephaniah 3:15 - is in; Zechariah 14:11 - there; Malachi 2:5 - covenant; Ephesians 2:12 - the covenants; Habakkuk 3:1 - covenant Verse 27tabernacleJohn 1:14; Colossians 2:9, 2:10; Revelation 21:3, 21:22 I willEzekiel 37:23, 11:20, 14:11, 36:28; Leviticus 26:12; Hosea 2:23ReciprocalExodus 40:18 - reared; Psalm 87:3 - Glorious; Jeremiah 11:4 - ye be; 24:7 - and they; 30:22 - General; 31:33 - and will; 32:38 - General; Ezekiel 16:60 - I will establish; 34:24 - I the Lord will; 34:30 - General; 39:29 - hide; Hosea 2:1 - Ammi; 11:9 - the Holy One; Zechariah 2:10 - and I; 8:8 - they shall be my; 13:9 - It is my people; John 20:17 - your God; 2 Corinthians 6:16 - I will be; Habakkuk 3:1 - I will be Verse 28the heathenEzekiel 36:23, 36:36, 38:23, 39:7, 39:23; Psalm 79:10, 102:15, 126:2; Romans 11:15 sanctifyEzekiel 20:12; Exodus 31:13; Leviticus 20:8, 21:8; John 17:17-19; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 5:26; 1 Thessalonians 5:23ReciprocalExodus 40:18 - reared; Psalm 87:3 - Glorious; Isaiah 27:3 - I the; 29:22 - Jacob shall; Jeremiah 29:11 - thoughts; Lamentations 4:22 - he will no; Ezekiel 38:14 - shalt; Hosea 11:9 - the Holy One