Ezekiel 37:11-28
house <01004> [whole house.]
bones ............. bones <06106> [Our bones.]
prophesy <05012> [Therefore.]
open <06605> [I will open.]
This is a pointed allusion to the resurrection; under which figure Isaiah (ch. 26:9) also describes the restoration of the house of Israel, when he says, "thy dead men shall live;" at which time their bones are said to flourish, (ch. 66:14,) or to be restored to their former strength and vigour; and, in like manner, St. Paul, (Ro 11:15,) expresses their conversion by "life from the dead." In the land of their captivity, they seemed as absolutely deprived of their country as persons committed to the grave are cut off from the land of the living; but when Cyrus issued his proclamation, Jehovah, as it were, opened their graves, and when he stirred up their spirits to embrace the proffered liberty, he put his Spirit within them, that they might live; and their re-establishment in their own land evinced the truth of God in the prediction, and his power in its accomplishment.
bring <0935> [and bring.]
place <05414> [shall put.]
Lord ........... Lord <03068> [I the Lord.]
take one ................. take another <03947 0259> [take thee.]
Judah <03063> [For Judah.]
Joseph <03130> [For Joseph.]
tell <05046> [Wilt.]
take <03947> [Behold.]
hand <03027> [in thine.]
make <06213> [I will make.]
one ............ one <0259> [and one.]
It is evident that the grand union of Israel and Judah here predicted, and their government under one king, and that king to be David, must still be future; for, politically speaking, they never had a king from that day to this, far less a king or prince of that name. (See on ch. 34:23.)
defile <02930> [shall they defile.]
save <03467> [but.]
purify <02891> [will cleanse.]
people <05971> [they be.]
David <01732> [David.]
one <0259> [one.]
<03212> [they shall.]
live .... land ............ lived .... live <03427 0776> [they shall dwell in.]
children .... grandchildren <01121> [even they.]
servant ....................... servant <05650> [and my.]
make <03772> [I will make.]
increase <07235> [multiply.]
I will ...... numbers <05414> [set.]
dwelling place <04908> [tabernacle.]
God <0430> [I will.]
nations <01471> [the heathen.]
sanctify <06942> [sanctify.]
