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NASB | Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. |
Bible Question:
In Ezekiel 37 God is resurrecting "the whole of Israel" to a physical resurrection, where do these people fit in God's plan? It sounds like they are going to have God's Spirit in them and they are going to live on the earth. Ezek 37:14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD. KJV Arnie |
Bible Answer: Arnie, This reading from Ezekiel is read with other readings on the Eve of Pentecost in Churches that use the three year cycle lectionary. It puts the passages in a typological context with each other. Ezek 37: 1: The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; it was full of bones. 2: And he led me round among them; and behold, there were very many upon the valley; and lo, they were very dry. 3: And he said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, thou knowest." 4: Again he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. 5: Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. 6: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the LORD." 7: So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8: And as I looked, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them. 9: Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live." 10: So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great host. 11: Then he said to 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." 12: Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you home into the land of Israel. 13: And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. 14: And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land; then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it, says the LORD." Psalm 104: 1: Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, thou art very great! Thou art clothed with honor and majesty, 24: O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy creatures. 25: Yonder is the sea, great and wide, which teems with things innumerable, living things both small and great. 26: There go the ships, and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it. 27: These all look to thee, to give them their food in due season. 28: When thou givest to them, they gather it up; when thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good things. 29: When thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed; when thou takest away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 30: When thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the ground. 31: May the glory of the LORD endure for ever, may the LORD rejoice in his works Romans 8: 22: We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now; 23: and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24: For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25: But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. 26: Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. 27: And he who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. John 7 37: On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, "If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. 38: He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, "Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water." 39: Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. Emmaus |