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 which [was] full of bones,
Ver. 1. The hand of the Lord,] i.e., The force and impulse of the Holy Spirit, fitly called "the hand of the Lord"; a because holy men of old spake and acted as they were moved or carried out by the Holy Ghost. 2Pe 2:22
In the spirit,] i.e., In a spiritual rapture.
And set me down.] Not really, but visionally.
In the midst of the valley.] That same valley, some think, where Eze 1:3 he saw that glorious vision. Prophecies were often received, and prayers are best made, in one and the same place.
Which was full of bones.] So it appeared to him in his ecstasy.
a Manus est impellere; manus est organum agendi. - Theodoret.