Ezekiel 37:4 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 37:4

Again he said unto me, prophesy upon these bones ,.... Or, "over these bones" F20 על העצמות האלה "super ossa haec", Starckius. ; or, "concerning these bones" F21 "De ossibus istis", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator. ; foretell that they shall live; tell others of it, and them also: and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord ; the word of prophecy concerning you, as the Jews did in Babylon: so unconverted sinners may be preached unto, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:4

Prophesy upon these bones - Declare to your miserable countrymen the gracious designs of the Lord; show them that their state, however deplorable, is not hopeless. 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-28

1. The view, that what the prophet beheld in vision was the final resurrection of mankind , though favored by Jerome, Calovius, and Kliefoth, must be abandoned, not because the doctrine of a general resurrection would not have been a powerful consolation to the pious-hearted in Israel, or because that doctrine was not then known, but because, in the prophet's own explanation, the bones are declared to be those, not of the whole family of man, but merely of the house of Israel. At the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:4

Prophesy upon (or, over) then bones . This instruction—which shows Jehovah regarded the prophet's answer as equivalent to an admission that the revivification of the bones lay within his (Jehovah's) power—was not a mere command to predict, as in Ezekiel 6:2 and Ezekiel 11:4 , but an injunction to utter the Divine word through which the miracle (of creation, as it really was) should be performed. "The significance of the command lies in the fact that it taught the prophet that he was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:4

The call to life. The sublimity of this vision is the sublimity, not of imagination, but of truth. But it was truth that was not open to every mind; it was truth discerned by an intellect quickened into supernatural insight and comprehension by the Divine Source alike of truth and of life. I. THE MINISTRY OF PROPHECY . 1. It presumes intelligent natures to which the appeal is made. 2. It presumes a Supreme Authority by which the prophet is selected, fitted, and guided... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:4-9

Prophesying to the dry bones and to the wind. I. PROPHESYING TO THE DRY BONES . Ezekiel beholds the dismal sight of a valley of dry bones. It is a scene of silent desolation. No picture of death could be more complete. The human remains are not even covered with flesh. He sees bones, not corpses. The bones are dry—the vultures have picked them clean, and they have been left to bleach in the sun. They are not even lying in their natural order as ranks of complete skeletons. They... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 37:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 37:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 37:4-9

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