Ezekiel 37:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Then said he; the Lord God. Unto me; to Ezekiel, viewing, and no doubt wondering at the sight. Prophesy; declare to that what my will is. Unto the wind, Heb. spirit; and it might be so rendered, but our version hath it wind, while the French hath it spirit, i.e. the soul, whose emblem here is wind; which, as it did gently blow upon these lifeless creatures, they received, each inspired with its own soul and spirit. Come from the four winds; gather yourselves from all quarters of the earth under heaven, unite to your own bodies, inspire them.once more. Slain by the sword of an enemy long since, some of them these seventy years. May live; revive and rise.

Ezekiel 37:9

9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind,b prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.