Ezekiel 37:12-14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-14

Here is, I. The vision of a resurrection from death to life, and it is a glorious resurrection. This is a thing so utterly unknown to nature, and so contrary to its principles (a privatione ad habitum non datur regressus?from privation to possession there is no return), that we could have no thought of it but by the word of the Lord; and that it is certain by that word that there shall be a general resurrection of the dead some have urged from this vision, ?For? (say they) ?otherwise it would... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:12

I will open your graves - Here is a pointed allusion to the general resurrection; a doctrine properly credited and understood by the Jews, and to which our Lord refers, John 5:25 , John 5:28 , John 5:29 ; : "The hour is coming when they that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and come forth." And cause you to come up out of your graves - I am determined that ye shall be restored; so that were ye even in your graves, as mankind at the general resurrection, yet my all-powerful... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:13

When I have opened your graves - When I shall have done for you what was beyond your hope, and deemed impossible, then shall ye know that I am Jehovah. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:14

And shall put my Spirit - רוחי ruchi . Here רוח ruach is taken for the Holy Ghost. They were living souls, animal and intellectual beings, when they had received their souls, as mentioned above: but they could only become spiritual, holy, and obedient creatures by the Spirit of God actuating their spirits. See the notes on Ezekiel 36:25-27 ; (note). Three degrees or processes have been remarked in this mystic vision. When the prophet was commanded to prophesy - to foretell, on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-12

From death to life. The primary reference Of this prophecy is placed beyond all doubt by the passage itself (see Ezekiel 37:12 ). 1. Israel was in a forlorn and hopeless condition in her dispersion and captivity; she seemed to be irrecoverably lost; as a nation she was as one dead, if not buried. 2. But God had a gracious purpose concerning her. He intended to exercise his Divine power on her behalf; the dead should be revived; the lost should be found; the scattered should be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-14

The valley of dry bones. I. A VISION OF RESTORATION . Undoubtedly, the restoration of Israel is the immediate thought in the mind of Ezekiel. He sees his people stricken to death. The nation is virtually dead. The exiled citizens of Jerusalem have lost all spirit and energy. But with the restoration will come a restored energy to the people. The nation also will once more rise up as from the dead. These resurrections of communities have been seen more than once in history; e . g... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-14

The vision of dry bones. As an architect, before erecting a mansion, sketches accurately all his plan on paper—a guide to himself and to his co-workers—so, prior to God's resuscitation of Israel, he sketches out his plan before the mental eye of Ezekiel. By a mighty influence from God, the prophet is borne away in spirit to a great valley in Chaldea, devoted to the burial of Israel's dead. The spot possibly was sadly familiar to the prophet's eye. The loose sand had been swept aside by... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-14

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-14

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