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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
Ezekiel Chapter 37 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Ezekiel Chapter 37 2 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2. dry--bleached by long exposure to the atmosphere.
Ezekiel Chapter 37 3 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
3. can these bones live? . . . thou knowest--implying that, humanly speaking, they could not; but faith leaves the question of possibility to rest with God, with whom nothing is impossible
(De 32:39).
An image of Christian faith which believes in the coming general resurrection of the dead, in spite of all appearances against it, because God has said it
(Joh 5:21; Ro 4:17; 2Co 1:9).
Ezekiel Chapter 37 4 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
4. Prophesy--Proclaim God's quickening word to them. On account of this innate power of the divine word to effect its end, prophets are said to do that which they prophesy as about to be done
(Jer 1:10).
Ezekiel Chapter 37 5 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
5. I . . . cause breath to enter into you--So
Isa 26:19,
containing the same vision, refers primarily to Israel's restoration. Compare as to God's renovation of the earth and all its creatures hereafter by His breath,
Ps 104:30.
ye shall live--come to life again.
Ezekiel Chapter 37 6 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
6. ye shall know that I am the Lord--by the actual proof of My divinity which I will give in reviving Israel.
Ezekiel Chapter 37 7 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
7. noise--of the bones when coming in mutual collision. Perhaps referring to the decree of Cyrus, or the noise of the Jews' exultation at their deliverance and return.
bones came together--literally, "ye bones came together"; as in
Jer 49:11
(Hebrew), "ye widows of thine shall trust in Me." The second person puts the scene vividly before one's eyes, for the whole resurrection scene is a prophecy in action to render more palpably to the people the prophecy in word
(Eze 37:21).
Ezekiel Chapter 37 8 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
8. So far, they were only cohering in order as unsightly skeletons. The next step, that of covering them successively with sinews, skin, and flesh, gives them beauty; but still "no breath" of life in them. This may imply that Israel hereafter, as at the restoration from Babylon was the case in part, shall return to Judea unconverted at first
(Zec 13:8, 9).
Spiritually: a man may assume all the semblances of spiritual life, yet have none, and so be dead before God.
Eze 37:1-28.
THE VISION OF DRY BONES REVIVIFIED, SYMBOLIZING ISRAEL'S DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
Three stages in Israel's revival present themselves to the prophet's eye. (1) The new awakening of the people, the resurrection of the dead
(Eze 37:1-14).
(2) The reunion of the formerly hostile members of the community, whose contentions had affected the whole
(Eze 37:15-28).
(3) The community thus restored is strong enough to withstand the assault of Gog, &c.
(Eze 38:1-39:29)
[EWALD].
1. carried . . . in the spirit--The matters transacted, therefore, were not literal, but in vision.
the valley--probably that by the Chebar
(Eze 3:22).
The valley represents Mesopotamia, the scene of Israel's sojourn in her state of national deadness.