37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. There was a sound when I prophesied – I heard 1 a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 37:8 As I watched, I saw 2 tendons on them, then muscles appeared, 3 and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath 4 in them.
37:9 He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, 5 – prophesy, son of man – and say to the breath: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.’” 37:10 So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army.
1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
2 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
3 tn Heb “came up.”
4 tn Or “spirit.”
5 tn Or “spirit,” and several times in this verse.