54 matching verse commentaries
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. “There is no hope for us; we are dead, and worse than dead. Our case is...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. There was to be a house of Israel after all. The nation seemed to be dead and buried, but God would revive and restore it. This is a promise which may apply...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And ye shall know that I am the Lord,.... [See comments 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.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, Great deliverances and almighty quickenings reveal God to us, and make us know how gloriously great Jehovah is.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD. When the Jews get back to Canaan again,-as they will do,-they will then not only know that Jehovah is God, but also that Jesus Christ is the true Messiah. May the Lord...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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:
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Moreover, thou son of man, Notice how the Lord constantly calls the prophet “son of man.” When God uses his servants much, and greatly honours them, he always takes care to keep them humble by reminding them of what they are in themselves. So, Ezekiel, you have prophesied to the dry bones, and they...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick,.... Or "wood" (a); 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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick,- Or, rod, — Eze_37:16. And write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: They were divided into separate companies, they first wandered away from God, and then they wandered...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And join there one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. As he held them in his hand, they were to grow into one; and, when all the churches get into the hand of Christ, there will be perfect unity between them. Things that are near to the same thing are near to one another; but, until the Lord shall come, and take...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Say unto them, thus saith the Lord God,.... Here follows the explanation of the sign or emblem: behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows: that is, the kingdom of Israel, consisting of the ten tribes, of which Ephraim was the chief: and will put them with him, even with the stick...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the sticks whereon thou writest,.... Or art about to write the above things, according to order and direction: shall be in thine hand before their eyes; shall be held up to them to look at for some time, and observe the cement of the two sticks; and learn and lay up in their minds what is meant by this emblem; and be assured that what is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of...