The Lord Yahweh says to these bones: “Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you will live.
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The Lord Yahweh says to these bones: “Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you will live.
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Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
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Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Ezekiel 37:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 2:7 Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Psalms 104:29-30 You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust. You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
- Ezekiel 37:14 I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live. Then I will place you in your own land; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it and performed it,” says Yahweh.’ ”
- Ezekiel 37:9-10 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the wind, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Come from the four winds, breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” ’ ” So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
- John 20:22 When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit!
- Ephesians 2:5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
- Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 37:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these…
Eze 37:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
Ver. 5. Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you,] i.e., Into each number of you that belong to each body. Neither need the resurrection of the dead be held a thing incredible, {Act 26:8} considering God’s power and truth. The keeping green of Noah’s olive tree in the time of the flood, the blossoming of Aaron’s dry rod, the flesh and sinews coming to these dry bones, and the breath entering into them, what were they all but so many lively emblems of the resurrection?
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain My prophet prophesied and spake, but I, saith the…
My prophet prophesied and spake, but I, saith the Lord, only can and I will surely give life to them. When God had formed Adam’s body, as lifeless as these bones, he created him a living soul, by breathing into his face the breath of life; by a creating power he brings breath into these bones too. The effect shall be sure and speedy, when God brings his power to work it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones,.... By…
Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones,.... By the prophet, who was sent to prophesy over them:
behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live; and none could do this but the living God, who breathed the breath of life into Adam at first, and he became a living soul; to which there seems to be an allusion here; and when the Lord puts his Spirit into men, or bestows his grace on them, then they shall live, and not till then.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. Behold, I will cause breath] רוח ruach…
Verse 5. Behold, I will cause breath] רוח ruach signifies both soul, breath, and wind; and sometimes the Spirit of God. Soul is its proper meaning in this vision, where it refers to the bones: "I will cause the SOUL to enter into you."
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Spirit. That is, life, soul, and breath. (Challoner) ---…
Spirit. That is, life, soul, and breath. (Challoner) --- At the resurrection, the same souls shall return to their respective bodies.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain I . . . cause breath to enter into…
I . . . cause breath to enter into you--So Isa 26:19, containing the same vision, refers primarily to Israel's restoration. Compare as to God's renovation of the earth and all its creatures hereafter by His breath, Psa 104:30.
ye shall live--come to life again.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. The act of putting breath within them, being…
5. The act of putting breath within them, being the main and final step of giving them life, is mentioned first as if it embraced all.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) Breath.—The three words,” breath,” “wind,” and “spirit,” are…
(5) Breath.—The three words,” breath,” “wind,” and “spirit,” are represented in the Hebrew by the same word, and the context must determine which sense is intended. Similarly in Greek there is the same word for the last two of these. (Comp. Joh_3:5-8.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I will cause breath to eater into you; literally,…
I will cause breath to eater into you; literally, I am causing breath (or, spirit) to enter into you. The real agent, therefore, in the resuscitation of the bones was to be, not the prophet or the word, but Jehovah himself; and that the end aimed at by the Divine activity was "life" shows the breath spoken of (ruach) was not to be the wind, as in ver. 9, or the Spirit, but the breath of life, as in Gen_6:17 and Gen_7:22. (comp. Gen_2:7; Psa_104:30; Isa_26:19)
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