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Ezekiel 37

Ezek. 37:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me, Son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
, these bones
`etsem (Hebrew #6106)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV usage: body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
Pronounce: eh'tsem
Origin: from 6105
are the wholeu house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
: behold, they say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
v, Our bones
`etsem (Hebrew #6106)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV usage: body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
Pronounce: eh'tsem
Origin: from 6105
are dried
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
, and our hope
tiqvah (Hebrew #8615)
literally, a cord (as an attachment (compare 6961)); figuratively, expectancy
KJV usage: expectation ((-ted)), hope, live, thing that I long for.
Pronounce: tik-vaw'
Origin: from 6960
is lost
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
: we are cut off
gazar (Hebrew #1504)
to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide
KJV usage: cut down (off), decree, divide, snatch.
Pronounce: gaw-zar'
Origin: a primitive root
for our parts.
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2 Cor. 5:14• 14For the love of Christ constraineth us, having judged this, that if one died for all, then they all were dead; (2 Cor. 5:14)
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Eph. 2:1• 1And you, being dead in your offences and your sins, (Eph. 2:1)
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Psa. 77:7‑9• 7Will the Lord cast off forever?{HR}And will he be favourable no more?
 8Hath his mercy failed forever?{HR}Hath the word come to an end from generation to generation?
 9Hath God forgotten to be gracious?{HR}Or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. (Psa. 77:7‑9)
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Isa. 49:14• 14But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. (Isa. 49:14)

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Ministry on This Verse

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whole house.
Ezek. 37:16,19• 16Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
 19Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. (Ezek. 37:16,19)
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Ezek. 36:10• 10and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: (Ezek. 36:10)
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Ezek. 39:25• 25Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name; (Ezek. 39:25)
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Jer. 31:1• 1At the same time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel{i},{/i} and they shall be my people. (Jer. 31:1)
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Jer. 33:24‑26• 24Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
 25Thus saith Jehovah, If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
 26then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. (Jer. 33:24‑26)
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Hos. 1:11• 11Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great [shall be] the day of Jezreel. (Hos. 1:11)
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Rom. 11:26• 26and so all Israel shall be saved, even as it is written, “There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer; he shall turn away ungodlinesses from Jacob. (Rom. 11:26)
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2 Cor. 5:14• 14For the love of Christ constraineth us, having judged this, that if one died for all, then they all were dead; (2 Cor. 5:14)
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Eph. 2:1• 1And you, being dead in your offences and your sins, (Eph. 2:1)
Our bones.
Ezek. 37:1‑8• 1The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
 2and caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
 3And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.
 4{i}And he said unto me,{/i} Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.
 5Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
 6and I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
 7So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
 8And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. (Ezek. 37:1‑8)
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Num. 17:12‑13• 12{i}And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo,{/i} we die, we perish; we all perish.
 13{i}Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?{/i} (Num. 17:12‑13)
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Psa. 77:7‑9• 7Will the Lord cast off forever?{HR}And will he be favourable no more?
 8Hath his mercy failed forever?{HR}Hath the word come to an end from generation to generation?
 9Hath God forgotten to be gracious?{HR}Or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. (Psa. 77:7‑9)
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Psa. 141:7• 7Like one cutting or splitting on the earth,{HR}Scattered are our bones at Sheol's mouth. (Psa. 141:7)
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Isa. 40:27• 27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my judgment is passed over from my God? (Isa. 40:27)
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Isa. 49:14• 14But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. (Isa. 49:14)
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Jer. 2:25• 25{i}Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, There is no hope; no, for I love strangers, and after them will I go.{/i} (Jer. 2:25)
• To whatever use or application we may turn the vision, its direct and express meaning is God's revival of His ancient people Israel, then utterly destroyed, dead and buried, but yet to quit their graves according to the word of Jehovah. (“Notes on Ezekiel 37:1-14” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off!

W. Kelly Translation

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Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.