Ezekiel 37:5

Thus said the Lord Jehovah to these bones: Lo, I am bringing into you a spirit, and ye have lived,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

In Context

4And He saith unto me, 'Prophesy concerning these bones, and thou hast said unto them: O dry bones, hear a word of Jehovah:

6and I have given on you sinews, and cause flesh to come up upon you, and covered you over with skin, and given in you a spirit, and ye have lived, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.'

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Cross References

Genesis 2:7And Jehovah God formeth the man — dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

Psalms 104:30Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.

Ezekiel 37:9And He saith unto me: 'Prophesy unto the Spirit, prophesy, son of man, and thou hast said unto the Spirit: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: From the four winds come in, O Spirit, and breathe on these slain, and they do live.'

John 20:22and this having said, he breathed on [them], and saith to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit;

Ephesians 2:5even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)

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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