Ezekiel 37:1-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:9

Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind ,.... Before he had been prophesying to the bones, and over them; and something was done, but not to purpose, breath being wanting; wherefore he is bid to prophesy a second time, and that not to bones, but to the "wind", afterwards rendered "breath"; and may allude to the soul or breath of man reentering the body, as at a resurrection, which causes it to live: it signifies the "spirit" F24 הרוח "ad spiritum", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius,... read more

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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

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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

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:12

Therefore prophesy, and say unto them ,.... For their comfort, in order to revive their hope, and encourage their faith, in these distressed circumstances: thus saith the Lord, behold, O my people : they were his people still, and he had a covenant interest in them, and they in him, though in such a low estate; and which was the ground of his care of them, and concern for them, and or doing all the good things to them after mentioned; all proceeded from his covenant, and the grace of it,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:13

And ye shall know that I am the Lord ,.... See Gill on Ezekiel 37:6 , when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves ; which is doing that for them which none but the omnipotent God could do; and they seeing his hand and power, his grace and mercy in it, will know, own, and acknowledge him. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:14

And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live ,.... Not only a spirit of courage to go up into their own land, and live a civil and comfortable life there; but the Spirit of God, as a spirit of grace and supplication, of truth and holiness, of faith and adoption; and as a spirit of life, having produced a principle of life in them, and so should live spiritually and soberly, righteously and godly; see Ezekiel 36:27 , and I shall place you in your own land ; settle them there in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:15

The word of the Lord came unto me again ,.... Immediately or quickly after he had the above vision of the dry bones, and the explanation of it: saying : as follows: read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:16

Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick ,.... Or "wood" F1 עץ אחד "lignum unuin", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; ; a stick of wood; or table, as the Targum; a board or plank. The Septuagint version renders it a "rod"; and so the Arabic; an emblem of a kingdom or government, as this was: and write upon it ; the following words: for Judah, and the children of Israel his companions ; for the tribe of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, which adhered together, and as... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:17

And join them one to another into one stick ,.... Clap the sticks, planks, boards, or tables, to one another; glue them together, or set them so close to one another, that they may seem as one stick, plank, board, or table: and they shall become one in thine hand ; they shall look as if they were one. R. Joseph Kimchi, the father of David, thinks they really became one, by means of a miracle wrought; but there is no need to suppose this; it is enough that they appeared to be so. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:18

And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying ,.... The children of Israel and Judah in captivity, of which people Ezekiel was and to whom he was sent as a prophet; who seeing him take two sticks, and write on them, and then join them together, would naturally put such a question to him: wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these ? for they concluded he had some meaning in it, and that it was not a mere childish diversion and amusement; and therefore would... read more

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