Ezekiel 37:3

And he said to me, Son of man, is it possible for these bones to come to life? And I made answer, and said, It is for you to say, O Lord.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

In Context

2And he made me go past them round about: and I saw that there was a very great number of them on the face of the wide valley, and they were very dry.

4And again he said to me, Be a prophet to these bones, and say to them, O you dry bones, give ear to the word of the Lord.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:39See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you free from my hand.

Psalms 88:11\88:10\Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)

John 6:5Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

Acts 26:8Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?

2 Corinthians 1:9Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 37:2-15

The Vision of the Dry Bones. ( b. c. 586.) 1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord , and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God , thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the… Read the whole commentary →

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