John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said unto me, son of man ,.... Here follow the explication and application of the above vision: these bones are the whole house of Israel ; an emblem of them, of their state and condition in the Babylonish captivity, and of them in their present state; and of the whole Israel of God, while in a state of unregeneracy: this phrase takes in the ten tribes, as well as the two tribes of Benjamin and Judah, which returned from Babylon; and shows that respect is had to something more... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:10
So I prophesied as he commanded me ,.... The second time he prophesied to the wind, as he had done to the bones, as he was ordered: and the issue of it was, and breath came into them ; or, "the spirit"; a spirit of courage in the Jews, to go up to their own land; the Spirit of life from Christ, which will enter into the witnesses slain, and revive them; and into the Jews in the latter day, and convert them; and which enters into dead sinners, and quickens them; and this he does while... read more