Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 37

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Ezekiel 37 . 1 , By the resurrection of dry bones , Ezekiel 37 . 11. the dead hope of Israel is revived; Ezekiel 37 . 15 , By the uniting of two sticks , Ezekiel 37 . 18. is shewn the incorporation of Israel into Judah; Ezekiel 37 . 21 , The promises of Christ’s kingdom.

Ezekiel 37:1

The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it (was) full of bones.

Ezekiel 37:1 · BSB

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In 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."

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Ezekiel 37:2

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.

Ezekiel 37:2 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:3

Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”

Ezekiel 37:3 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:4

And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

Ezekiel 37:4 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:5

This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.

Ezekiel 37:5 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:6

I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

Ezekiel 37:6 · BSB

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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.

Ezekiel 37:7 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:8

As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.

Ezekiel 37:8 · BSB

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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 into these slain, so that they may live!”

Ezekiel 37:9 · BSB

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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.

Ezekiel 37:10 · BSB

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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.’

Ezekiel 37:11 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:12

Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 37:12 · BSB

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This 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
  • Isaiah 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
  • Isaiah 66:14
  • Hosea 6:2
  • Hosea 13:14
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:16
  • Revelation 20:13

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Ezekiel 37:13

Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.

Ezekiel 37:13 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:14

I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”

Ezekiel 37:14 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:15

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 37:15 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:16

“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’

Ezekiel 37:16 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:17

Then join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand.

Ezekiel 37:17 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37 . 22-24

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Ezekiel 37:18

When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’

Ezekiel 37:18 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:19

you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’

Ezekiel 37:19 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:20

When the sticks on which you write are in your hand and in full view of the people,

Ezekiel 37:20 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:21

you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.

Ezekiel 37:21 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:22

I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.

Ezekiel 37:22 · BSB

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It 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

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Ezekiel 37:23

They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 37:23 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:24

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.

Ezekiel 37:24 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:25

They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.

Ezekiel 37:25 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:26

And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.

Ezekiel 37:26 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:27

My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Ezekiel 37:27 · BSB

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Ezekiel 37:28

Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.'"

Ezekiel 37:28 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web19 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Ezekiel 37:24 → Ezekiel 34:23, Ezekiel 37:24-28 → 2 Samuel 7:11-17, Ezekiel 37:24-28 → Ezekiel 34:23-31, Ezekiel 37:24-28 → Leviticus 26, Ezekiel 37:27 → Exodus 25:8, Zechariah 11:4-16 → Ezekiel 37:15-28
Echoes Ezekiel 37:24 → Leviticus 26
Other Ezekiel 37:24 → 2 Samuel 7:11
Trajectories
David (The King After God's Own Heart), Feast of Tabernacles (Dwelling with God), Promised Land (Inheritance and Rest), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope), Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring), Temple Ecclesiology (Church as God's Dwelling)
Longitudinal Themes
Temple and Presence
Anchor Text Networks
Networked Ezekiel 36-37 - A New Heart and Dry Bones
Chiasms
Shaped Ezekiel 37:1–14, Ezekiel 37:15–28, Ezekiel 37:16–18
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