Ezekiel 37
Overview
37:1 By the resurrection of dry bones,
Eze_37:11. the dead hope of Israel is revived;
37:15 By the uniting of two sticks,
Eze_37:18. is shewn the incorporation of Israel into Judah;
37:21 The promises of Christ's kingdom. Verse 1 handIn this vision, the dry bones aptly represent the ruined and desperate state of both Israel and Judah; and the revivification of these bones signifies their restoration to their own land after their captivity, and also their recovery from their present long dispersion. Although this is the primary and genuine scope of the vision, yet the doctrine of a general resurrection of the dead may justly be inferred from it; for "a simile of the resurrection," says Jerome, after Tertullian and others, "would never have been used to signify the restoration of the people of Israel, unless such a future resurrection had been believed and known; because no one attempts to confirm uncertain things by things which have no existence." Ezekiel 1:3, 3:14, 3:22, 33:22, 40:1; Revelation 1:10 carried Ezekiel 8:3, 11:24; 1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:16; Luke 4:1; Acts 8:39 Reciprocal 2 Kings 13:21 - touched; Job 14:14 - shall he live; Psalm 53:5 - scattered; 88:10 - shall; Isaiah 11:11 - set his hand; 26:19 - dead men; 66:14 - your bones; Jeremiah 8:1 - General; Ezekiel 8:1 - that the; 11:1 - the spirit; 37:11 - Our bones; 43:5 - the spirit; Daniel 12:2 - many; Mark 12:24 - because; John 5:28 - for; 11:24 - I know; Romans 11:15 - but; 2 Corinthians 1:9 - in God; Colossians 2:13 - dead; Habakkuk 3:1 - resurrection Verse 2 valleyor, champaign, Deuteronomy 11:30 they were Ezekiel 37:11; Psalm 141:7 Reciprocal Jeremiah 31:40 - the whole; Revelation 20:5 - This Verse 3 can John 6:5, 6:6 O Lord God Deuteronomy 32:29; 1 Samuel 2:6; John 5:21, 11:25, 11:26; Acts 26:8; Romans 4:17; 2 Corinthians 1:9, 1:10; Habakkuk 3:1 Reciprocal Nehemiah 4:2 - revive; Isaiah 49:24 - Shall; Ezekiel 2:1 - Son; Luke 7:14 - Young; John 11:44 - he that; 1 Corinthians 15:35 - How Verse 4 Prophesy Ezekiel 37:11, 37:15, 37:16; Numbers 20:8; 1 Kings 13:2; Matthew 21:21; John 2:5 O ye Ezekiel 36:1; Isaiah 26:19, 42:18; Jeremiah 22:29; Micah 6:2; John 5:25, 5:28, 5:29 Reciprocal 2 Kings 7:1 - Elisha said; Job 10:11 - fenced; Micah 6:1 - let; Luke 5:5 - nevertheless; Ephesians 5:14 - arise Verse 5 I will Ezekiel 37:9, 37:10, 37:14; Genesis 2:7; Psalm 104:29, 104:30; John 20:22; Romans 8:2; Ephesians 2:5 Reciprocal Revelation 11:11 - the Spirit Verse 6 I will Ezekiel 37:8-10 ye shall 37:14, 6:7, 6:13, 7:4, 7:9, 11:10, 11:12, 20:38, 28:22-26, 32:15, 34:27; 35:9, 35:12, 35:15, 38:23, 39:6, 39:22, 39:28; Deuteronomy 29:6; 1 Kings 20:28; Isaiah 49:23; Joel 2:27, 3:17 Reciprocal Ezekiel 36:11 - and ye; 37:13 - General Verse 7 I prophesied as Jeremiah 13:5-7, 26:8; Acts 4:19, 5:20-29 there 1 Kings 19:11-13; Acts 2:2, 2:37, 16:26-29 Reciprocal Ezekiel 11:13 - when; 12:7 - I did so Verse 8 Reciprocal Ezekiel 37:6 - I will Verse 9 windor, breathCome Ezekiel 37:5, 37:14; Song of Songs 4:16; John 3:8 Reciprocal Psalm 104:30 - sendest; John 20:22 - he breathed; Acts 2:2 - as; 2 Corinthians 5:15 - that they; Revelation 7:1 - four angels Verse 10 the breath Psalm 104:30; Revelation 11:11, 20:4, 20:5 Reciprocal Psalm 119:50 - for thy; Ezekiel 3:24 - the spirit; 12:7 - I did so; 37:5 - I will; Acts 2:2 - as Verse 11 whole house Ezekiel 37:16, 37:19, 36:10, 39:25; Jeremiah 31:1, 33:24-26; Hosea 1:11; Romans 11:26; 2 Corinthians 5:14; Ephesians 2:1 Our bones Ezekiel 37:1-8; Numbers 17:12, 17:13; Psalm 77:7-9, 141:7; Isaiah 40:27, 49:14; Jeremiah 2:25 Reciprocal Ezra 9:8 - reviving; Job 14:19 - destroyest; 17:16 - rest; Psalm 31:22 - I am; 143:3 - made me; Isaiah 49:24 - Shall; Jeremiah 18:12 - There; 30:12 - General; 31:17 - General; 32:43 - General; 33:10 - which ye; Lamentations 3:18 - General; 3:54 - I said; 5:22 - But thou hast utterly rejected us; Ezekiel 18:2 - the land; 33:10 - how; 37:2 - they were; 37:4 - Prophesy; Hosea 2:14 - and speak; 2:15 - for; 6:2 - two; 13:14 - ransom; Jonah 2:4 - I said; Habakkuk 1:12 - we; Zechariah 1:6 - Like; 4:6 - Not; 8:13 - O house; 9:12 - even; Luke 5:5 - we; 22:19 - is my; Acts 27:20 - all; Romans 4:18 - against; 1 Corinthians 15:35 - How; 1 Thessalonians 4:13 - which have; Revelation 11:8 - their dead Verse 12 Therefore Job 35:14, 35:15 I will openThis is a pointed allusion to the resurrection; under which figure Isaiah - Isaiah 26:9 also describes the restoration of the house of Israel, when he says, "thy dead men shall live;" at which time their bones are said to flourish - 66:14
or to be restored to their former strength and vigour; and, in like manner, St. Paul - Romans 11:15
expresses their conversion by "life from the dead." In the land of their captivity, they seemed as absolutely deprived of their country as persons committed to the grave are cut off from the land of the living; but when Cyrus issued his proclamation, Jehovah, as it were, opened their graves, and when he stirred up their spirits to embrace the proffered liberty, he put his Spirit within them, that they might live; and their re-establishment in their own land evinced the truth of God in the prediction, and his power in its accomplishment. Ezekiel 37:21; Isaiah 26:19, 66:14; Hosea 6:2, 13:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 20:13 and bring Ezekiel 37:25, 28:25, 36:24; Ezra 1:1-2:70; Amos 9:14, 9:15 Reciprocal Psalm 71:20 - shalt bring; Daniel 12:2 - many; Luke 5:5 - we Verse 13 Ezekiel 37:6, 16:62; Psalm 126:2, 126:3 Reciprocal 71:20 - shalt bring; Isaiah 52:6 - my people; Ezekiel 36:11 - and ye; 36:35 - like the Verse 14 shall put Ezekiel 37:9, 11:19, 36:27, 39:29; Isaiah 32:15; Joel 2:28, 2:29; Zechariah 12:10; Acts 2:16, 2:17; Romans 8:2, 8:11; 1 Corinthians 15:45; Titus 3:5, 3:6 I the Lord Ezekiel 17:24, 22:14, 36:36 Reciprocal 1 Kings 8:20 - hath performed; Isaiah 27:3 - I the; 52:6 - my people; Ezekiel 5:17 - I the; 37:5 - I will; 37:6 - ye shall; 2 Corinthians 5:15 - that they Verse 15 Reciprocal Ezekiel 37:4 - Prophesy Verse 16 take thee Numbers 17:2, 17:3 For Judah 2 Chronicles 10:17, 11:11-17, 15:9, 30:11-18 For Joseph 1 Kings 12:16-20; 2 Chronicles 10:19 Reciprocal Genesis 30:24 - And she; 1 Kings 18:31 - twelve stones; Isaiah 7:2 - is confederate with; 11:13 - the envy; Jeremiah 3:18 - In; 31:1 - of; 50:4 - the children of Israel; Ezekiel 37:4 - Prophesy; 37:11 - whole house; 37:19 - Behold; Hosea 1:11 - the children of Judah; Amos 3:1 - against; Obadiah 1:18 - the house of Joseph; Zechariah 8:13 - O house; 10:6 - I will strengthen; 11:7 - one; 11:14 - I cut; John 17:21 - they all Verse 17 Ezekiel 37:22-24; Isaiah 11:13; Jeremiah 50:4; Hosea 1:11; Zephaniah 3:9 Reciprocal Ezekiel 37:19 - Behold; Amos 3:1 - against Verse 18 Wilt Ezekiel 12:9, 17:12, 20:49, 24:19 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 16:2 - What meanest; Ezekiel 3:11 - the children Verse 19 Behold Ezekiel 37:16, 37:17; 1 Chronicles 9:1-3; Zechariah 10:6; Ephesians 2:13, 2:14; Colossians 3:11 Reciprocal Psalm 68:27 - princes; Isaiah 17:6 - General; Ezekiel 18:2 - the land; 37:11 - whole house; Amos 5:6 - the house; Obadiah 1:18 - the house of Joseph; Zechariah 8:7 - I Verse 20 in thine Ezekiel 12:3; Numbers 17:6-9; Hosea 12:10 Reciprocal Ezekiel 21:6 - before; Ephesians 2:14 - both Verse 21 Ezekiel 34:13, 36:24, 39:25; Deuteronomy 30:3, 30:4; Isaiah 11:11-16, 27:12, 27:13, 43:6, 49:12; Jeremiah 16:15, 23:3, 23:8, 29:14, 30:3, 30:10, 30:18, 31:8-10, 32:37, 33:7, 33:11, 50:19; Amos 9:14, 9:15; Obadiah 1:17-21; Micah 7:11, 7:12 Reciprocal Psalm 106:47 - gather; 147:2 - he; Isaiah 32:17 - quietness; 43:5 - I will; 65:9 - I will; Jeremiah 12:14 - and pluck; 46:27 - I will save; Ezekiel 11:17 - General; 20:42 - when I; 28:25 - When; 37:12 - I will open; 37:25 - they shall dwell in; 38:8 - into the land; Daniel 12:1 - thy people; Hosea 11:11 - and I; Joel 3:1 - when; Obadiah 1:19 - the fields of Ephraim; Micah 2:12 - surely assemble; 4:6 - and I; Zephaniah 3:20 - even; John 1:49 - the King; Acts 3:19 - when; Romans 11:26 - all; Ephesians 4:13 - we all Verse 22 I will make Isaiah 11:12, 11:13; Jeremiah 3:18, 32:39, 50:4; Hosea 1:11; Ephesians 2:19-22 and oneIt is evident that the grand union of Israel and Judah here predicted, and their government under one king, and that king to be David, must still be future; for, politically speaking, they never had a king from that day to this, far less a king or prince of that name. - See note on Ezekiel 34:23. 37:24, 34:23, 34:24; Genesis 49:10; Psalm 2:6, 2:12, 72:1, 72:8; Isaiah 9:6, 9:7; Jeremiah 23:5, 23:6; 33:14-17, 33:26; Hosea 3:4, 3:5; Luke 1:32, 1:33; John 10:16; Revelation 11:15 Reciprocal Isaiah 32:17 - quietness; Jeremiah 16:15 - that brought; 46:27 - I will save; 50:19 - bring; Ezekiel 6:2 - the mountains; 20:40 - there shall; 34:13 - I will bring; 36:1 - the mountains; 37:17 - General; 39:25 - the whole; Joel 3:1 - when; Amos 3:9 - the mountains; Micah 4:6 - and I; 5:2 - that is; Mark 3:24 - General; John 17:21 - they all; Ephesians 4:13 - we all Verse 23 shall they defile Ezekiel 20:43, 36:25, 36:29, 36:31, 43:7, 43:8; Isaiah 2:18; Hosea 14:8; Zechariah 13:1, 13:2, 14:21 but Ezekiel 36:24, 36:29; Leviticus 20:7, 20:8; Micah 7:14 will cleanse Ephesians 5:26, 5:27; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1; 1 John 1:7, 1:9 they be Ezekiel 37:27, 36:28, 39:22; Genesis 17:7, 17:8; Psalm 68:20, 68:35; Jeremiah 31:1, 31:33, 32:38, 32:39; Hosea 1:10; Zechariah 13:9; Revelation 21:3, 21:4, 21:7 Reciprocal Isaiah 54:14 - righteousness; Jeremiah 11:4 - ye be; 24:7 - and they; 30:9 - General; Ezekiel 11:18 - General; 14:11 - neither; 16:41 - and I; 34:24 - I the Lord will; 43:9 - the carcases; Hosea 14:3 - neither; Micah 5:13 - graven; John 3:10 - and knowest Verse 24 David Ezekiel 37:25; Isaiah 55:3, 55:4; Jeremiah 23:5, 30:9; Hosea 3:5; Luke 1:32 one Ezekiel 37:22, 34:23, 34:24; Psalm 78:71, 78:72, 80:1; Ecclesiastes 12:11; Isaiah 40:11; Micah 5:2, 5:4; Zechariah 13:7; John 10:11, 10:14-16; Ephesians 4:4-6; Habakkuk 3:1; 1 Peter 5:4 they shall Ezekiel 36:27; Deuteronomy 30:6; Jeremiah 31:33, 32:39; 1 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 2:10; Philippians 2:12, 2:13; Titus 2:11-13, 3:3-8; 1 John 2:6 Reciprocal Genesis 28:13 - the land; Leviticus 18:4 - General; Numbers 27:16 - set a man; Deuteronomy 4:1 - unto the statutes; 5:32 - observe; 6:1 - the commandments; 12:28 - General; 30:8 - General; 2 Samuel 5:2 - feed; 2 Chronicles 10:16 - David; Psalm 89:29 - throne; Isaiah 1:26 - And I will; 29:22 - Jacob shall; 37:35 - and for; Jeremiah 3:15 - And I; 23:6 - Judah; 30:21 - governor; 31:10 - and keep; 33:22 - so; Ezekiel 18:9 - walked; 20:19 - walk; 21:27 - until; 45:7 - General; 48:21 - the residue; Daniel 12:1 - the great; Amos 9:11 - raise; Zephaniah 3:15 - the king; Zechariah 1:16 - I am; 3:8 - my; 12:8 - the house; Matthew 2:6 - rule; 21:5 - thy King; 25:34 - the King; Mark 11:10 - the kingdom; Luke 1:69 - in; John 3:10 - and knowest; 12:34 - Christ; Acts 1:6 - restore; 13:22 - he raised; 13:34 - the sure; 26:6 - the promise; 1 Peter 2:25 - the Shepherd Verse 25 they shall dwell in Ezekiel 37:21, 28:25, 36:28, 37:26; Jeremiah 30:3, 31:24, 32:41 even they Isaiah 60:21, 66:22; Joel 3:20; Amos 9:15; Zephaniah 3:14, 3:15; Zechariah 14:11 and my Ezekiel 37:24; Isaiah 9:6, 9:7; Daniel 2:44, 2:45; Zechariah 6:12, 6:13; Luke 1:32, 1:33; John 12:34; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1 Reciprocal Genesis 28:13 - the land; 49:26 - everlasting hills; 2 Samuel 5:2 - feed; 7:10 - plant them; 1 Chronicles 17:9 - and shall be; 2 Chronicles 10:16 - David; Psalm 89:29 - throne; Isaiah 1:26 - And I will; 30:19 - dwell; 32:17 - quietness; 37:35 - and for; 53:10 - he shall prolong; 55:3 - the sure; 59:21 - this; Jeremiah 23:8 - General; 31:17 - General; 31:40 - it shall; 32:39 - for the; Ezekiel 18:2 - the land; 20:41 - I bring; 20:42 - when I; 21:27 - until; 34:23 - my servant; 36:14 - no more; 36:24 - General; 37:12 - and bring; 44:3 - the prince; Hosea 2:19 - for; 11:11 - and I; Amos 9:11 - raise; 9:14 - build; Zechariah 8:8 - and they shall dwell; Matthew 25:34 - the King; Mark 11:10 - the kingdom; Luke 1:69 - in; 24:27 - and all; Acts 2:39 - the promise; 5:31 - a Prince; 13:22 - he raised; 13:34 - the sure; Revelation 11:15 - and he Verse 26 I will make Ezekiel 34:25; Genesis 17:7; 2 Samuel 23:5; Psalm 89:3, 89:4; Isaiah 55:3, 59:20, 59:21; Jeremiah 32:40; Hosea 2:18-23; John 14:27; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1 multiply Ezekiel 36:10, 36:37; Isaiah 27:6, 49:21; Jeremiah 30:19, 31:27; Zechariah 8:4, 8:5; Habakkuk 3:1 set Ezekiel 11:16, 43:7, 45:1-6; Leviticus 26:11, 26:12; 1 Kings 8:20, 8:21; Psalm 68:18; Zechariah 2:5; 2 Corinthians 6:16 Reciprocal Genesis 49:26 - everlasting hills; Deuteronomy 13:17 - and multiply; 1 Kings 6:13 - I will dwell; Psalm 107:38 - He blesseth; 114:2 - General; 125:5 - peace; Isaiah 24:5 - broken; 54:13 - great; Jeremiah 3:16 - when; 31:31 - I; Ezekiel 16:60 - I will establish; 37:25 - they shall dwell in; 39:29 - hide; 43:9 - and I; Joel 2:27 - I am; Zephaniah 3:15 - is in; Zechariah 14:11 - there; Malachi 2:5 - covenant; Ephesians 2:12 - the covenants; Habakkuk 3:1 - covenant Verse 27 tabernacle John 1:14; Colossians 2:9, 2:10; Revelation 21:3, 21:22 I will Ezekiel 37:23, 11:20, 14:11, 36:28; Leviticus 26:12; Hosea 2:23 Reciprocal Exodus 40:18 - reared; Psalm 87:3 - Glorious; Jeremiah 11:4 - ye be; 24:7 - and they; 30:22 - General; 31:33 - and will; 32:38 - General; Ezekiel 16:60 - I will establish; 34:24 - I the Lord will; 34:30 - General; 39:29 - hide; Hosea 2:1 - Ammi; 11:9 - the Holy One; Zechariah 2:10 - and I; 8:8 - they shall be my; 13:9 - It is my people; John 20:17 - your God; 2 Corinthians 6:16 - I will be; Habakkuk 3:1 - I will be Verse 28 the heathen Ezekiel 36:23, 36:36, 38:23, 39:7, 39:23; Psalm 79:10, 102:15, 126:2; Romans 11:15 sanctify Ezekiel 20:12; Exodus 31:13; Leviticus 20:8, 21:8; John 17:17-19; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 5:26; 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Reciprocal Exodus 40:18 - reared; Psalm 87:3 - Glorious; Isaiah 27:3 - I the; 29:22 - Jacob shall; Jeremiah 29:11 - thoughts; Lamentations 4:22 - he will no; Ezekiel 38:14 - shalt; Hosea 11:9 - the Holy One