Ezekiel 37:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. ”

Ezekiel 37:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Resurrection of the People. Those fair ideals, however, cannot abolish the melancholy reality. The truth is that the exiled people are as good as dead and in their graves ( Ezekiel 37:11 f.)....
Ezekiel 37:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1 . Lord GOD. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah . See note on Ezekiel 2:4 .
Ezekiel 37:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1120 UNIVERSAL RESTORATION OF THE JEWS Ezekiel 37:1-6 . The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley whic...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. Can these bones live? - Is it possible that the persons whose bones these are can return to life?
Ezekiel 37:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Can these bones live?— Shall these bones revive? Houbigant, who observes very justly, that the question is not concerning the possibility of the fact; for the prophet well knew that God could do...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. Can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest - implying that, humanly speaki...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The New Israel (Ezekiel 33-48) So long as the Jewish kingdom remained in existence Ezekiel's prophecies (those in Ezekiel 1-24) dealt almost exclusively with the nation's sin, and with the certain...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Can these bones live? — The question is put to the prophet in order to emphasise the human impossibility of that which is immediately brought about by the Divine omnipotence. (Comp. Matthew 9:5-6...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

LIFE FROM THE DEAD Ezekiel 37:1-28 The most formidable obstacle to faith on the part of the exiles in the possibility of a national redemption was the complete disintegration of the ancient peo...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Resurrection of a Dead Nation Ezekiel 37:1-14 A marvelous chapter-the vision is so graphic. Time does not rob it of its significance. Indeed every sign points to speedy fulfillment. The Jew...
Ezekiel 37:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The wonderful vision of the valley filled with bones was now granted to the prophet. As he gazed on them, he was asked, "Son of man, can these bones live?" His utter abandonment to God, even in the m...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord's question is very striking. The Lord asketh, not for his information, but for ours. The Prophet's answer is truly modest and becoming. Humanly speaking, the bones could not live. But with G...
Ezekiel 37:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CAN THESE BONES LIVE? ‘Can these bones live?’ Ezekiel 37:3 I need not dwell upon any description of the actual vision itself. I. In the first place, under the figure of resurrection of dr...
Ezekiel 37:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said unto me, son of man, can these bones live ?.... Is there any probability of it? is there any reason to believe they shall live? can any ways and means be devised, or any methods taken, t...
Ezekiel 37:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. Ver. 3. Can these bones live? ] In the resurrection at the last day he knew they should, for among...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He caused me to pass by them round about To take an exact view of them; and behold, there were very many in the open valley As if it had been a place where a great battle had been fought, and a...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vision of the Dry Bones. B. C. 586. 1 The hand of the L ORD was upon me, and carrie...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He said; the Lord, who brought Ezekiel hither, asks him what he thought. Can these bones live? either, is it likely they should? or, is it a future thing that shall be, or possible, that they may...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of The Valley Of Dry Bones ( Ezekiel 37:1-14 ). This vision is not directly an illustration or promise of physical resurrection. Ezekiel nowhere gives any indication of expecting a resu...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE VISION OF THE DRY BONES REVIVIFIED A SYMBOL OF THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF ISRAEL. (Chap. 37.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 37:1 . “The hand of the Lord was upon me.” “The abrupt commencement...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 37:3 I. We may take Ezekiel's vision as a pledge that God does not abandon a good cause, however dark may appear its prospects at any particular time. There are in the world evils so great...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ezekiel 37:1 . The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, God's servants learn nothing until they have an experience similar to that of Ezekiel. They must be...
Ezekiel 37:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 37:14 . I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live. A moral resurrection shall pass upon the people of Israel; the Lord shall “bring them up out of their graves,” where they have long...
Ezekiel 37:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Son of man, can these bones live? The vision of a true revival I. Such a revival often seems utterly hopeless. The condition of a nation in some of its eras of misfortune; the condition of the...
Ezekiel 37:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter embraces, in its earlier section ( Ezekiel 37:1-26 ), the concluding portion of the "word of God" begun at Ezekiel 36:16 ; in its later section ( Ezekiel 36:15-26 ), an...
Ezekiel 37:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Vision of the Resurrection
Ezekiel 37:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:6 ; 2 Corinthians 1:10 ; 2 Corinthians 1:9 ; Acts 26:8 ; Deuteronomy 32:29 ; Hebrews 11:19 ; John 11:25 ; John 11:26 ; John 5:21 ; John 6:5 ; John 6:6 ; Romans 4:17
Ezekiel 37:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And he — The Lord.

Ezekiel 37:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 37:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 37:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ezekiel 37:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 37:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 37:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 37:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 37:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 37:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 37:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezekiel 37:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 37:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 37:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 37:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 37:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 37:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 37:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 37:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 37:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 37:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 37:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 37:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ezekiel 37:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 37:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 37:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 37:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 37:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 37:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes