Ezekiel 37:11

Then He said unto me: 'Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say: Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great host.

12Therefore prophesy, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.

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Cross References

Job 17:15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

Psalms 77:7(77-8) 'Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will He be favourable no more?

Psalms 141:7As when one cleaveth and breaketh up the earth, our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth.

Isaiah 49:14But Zion said: 'The LORD hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.'

Jeremiah 31:1At that time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.

Lamentations 3:18And I said: 'My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD.'

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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