The chapter details a vision revealed to the prophet ezekiel, conveying. Ezekiel 37 kjv the hand of the lord was upon me, and bible. Yahweh brought ezekiel out in his spirit to a valley of dry bones 37. Ezekiel chapter 37 kjv king james version we read how at the great white throne all shall stand before the king for judgment, and it says that the books will be opened, and the book of life. The book of ezekiel was likely written between 593 and 565 b. What is the meaning of the valley of dry bones in ezekiel 37. They had lain there so long that the wind had dried up the juices of the marrowbones, and they were turned to dust. Ezekiel 37 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is one of the most respected interdenominational commentaries ever written. Book of ezekiel known to be written by prophet ezekiel and is placed immediately after lamentation in ot.
Under the emblem of the open valley being thickly strewed with very dry bones is represented the hopeless state of the jews when dispersed throughout the provinces of the chaldean empire. Ezekiel 37 is a famous passage that records ezekiel s vision of the valley of dry bones. The vision of the valley of dry bones is a prophecy in chapter 37 of the book of ezekiel. Apr 12, 2017 ezekiel 37 is a famous passage that records ezekiels vision of the valley of dry bones. Ezekiel 37 the valley of dry bones the hand of bible. You will need some white paper to do the exercise in the early part of the discussion. It is also one of the most positive, optimistic lessons in this series. This chapter treats of the same subject with the preceding, in a beautiful and significant vision. The first part of the book, up to chapter 32 inclusive, announces gods judgments against both the people of israel and the idolatrous nations. He had to make a thorough survey of this grim and ghastly charnel house. We will now consider several of the key passages of ezekiel, centering our attention upon the reflections of christ that occur throughout the book. May 10, 2016 ezekiel, whose name means god strengthens, was born in jerusalem during a time of great upheavals caused by the invading babylonian army. The lack of the knowledge of god, or the lack of the desire to know him and to have fellowship with him, is the basic reason for the life that is not pleasing to him ezekiel, part 1 and also that is the same reason for not having the victorious life and not being. Ezekiel 37 new international version niv the valley of dry bones.
Chapter 37 page 839 the book of the prophet ezekiel. The book ends with god showing ezekiel how the temple will be rebuiltsoon to be an episode of this old old old old house, and tells him how the land will be distributed among the different tribes of israel and gods presence will return to jerusalem. Complete text, index, search, bible verse, bible story, scripture, book, prophesy, christian. Behold, o my people, i will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of israel. The first time after the babylonian captivity, when cyrus the great allowed the jews to return to israel ezra chapter 1, ezra and nehemiah cover the extent of this restoration.
God announced, through the prophet, that israel will be restored to her land in blessing under the leadership of david, my servant who shall be king over them ezekiel 37. Three stages in israels revival present themselves to the prophets eye. This african american spiritual was inspired by ezekiels vision in chapter 37, in which he sees the dead bones of the house of israel reassemble and come back to life with muscles and flesh. Ezekiel, chapter 37 united states conference of catholic bishops. Ezekiel chapter 37 matthew henry complete commentary on. Ezekiel 37 the threatenings of the destruction of judah and jerusalem for their sins, which we had in the former part of this book, were not so terrible, but the promises of their restoration and deliverance for the glory of god, which we have here in the latter part of the book, are as comfortable.
Ezekiels commission chapter 1 in vision, the prophet saw the cherubim, who had the likeness of a man v. The vision of the valley of dry bones or the valley of dry bones or the vision of dry bones is a prophecy in chapter 37 of the book of ezekiel. Ezekiel 37 new american bible revised edition nabre chapter 37. The book of ezekiel, written by the prophetpriest ezekiel, who lived both in jerusalem prior to the babylonian exile 586 the literary history of the book is much debated, but its final form exhibits a threefold theme. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophetpriest ezekiel, and is one of the books of the prophets. He received one of his first fantastic visions of four. Ezekiel s in babylon, having been exiled there after the first siege of judah by the babylonians. Ezekiel s vision of the valley of dry bones ezekiel 37. There is no room for the book of mormon in ezek 37. Draw a picture or diagram of the objects in ezekiel 37. The prophet ezekiel is the author of the book ezekiel 1. The dry bones are a picture of the jews in captivity scattered and dead. Ezekiel 37 commentary james burton coffman commentaries.
The book of ezekiel would have been hidden away nignaz sefer yehezkel. Behold, i will take the stick of joseph, which is in the hand of ephraim, and the tribes of israel his fellows. Chapter 37 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, 2 and caused me to pass by them round about. Ezekiel 37 niv bible the hand of the lord was on me, and. Ezekiel is introduced in the first chapter as the priest, the son of buzi. Jan 04, 2015 this video is about the bible on audio. This book is basically about the destruction and exile of judah and the promise of its eventual restoration by god. The gathering of israel from the nations is an event fulfilled twice in the history of israel. 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, ezekiel 37. David guzik commentary on ezekiel 37 describes the valley of dry bones, which come to life and how god brings the kingdom under one king. Ezekiel chapter 37 explained discover the 66 books of. Ezekiel chapter 37 the valley of dry bones, israel restored. The hand of the lord was on me, and he brought me out in the spirit of the lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley. The rabbis were greatly troubled by the fact that the book of ezekiel gives certain laws, chiefly as to the temple procedures, which actually contradict the laws given in the book of leviticus.
List what the book of mormon says will happen because of the joining of these two sticks. Book of the prophet ezekiel chapter 37 wordproject. In the last chapters of his book, he tells of yahweh blessing israel chapter 36and the dry bones coming to life, symbolizing israels restoration chapter 37and yahwehs judgment on gog chapters 3839and the vision of a new temple in jerusalem chapters 4044and the restoration of life as it had been and as it ought to be. Ezekiel was given prophethood at an age thirty after he saw a majestic vision. Ezekiel 37 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. Russia, iran and turkey may be the gog and magog of ezekiel 3839 duration. Ezekiel 37 is one of the most well know chapters in the book of ezekiel. The same two sticks, or records, that ezekiel spoke of are mentioned in 2 nephi 3. Ezekiel 37 commentary spurgeons verse expositions of. He led me back and forth among them, and i saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that we. Ezekiel chapter 37 verse by verse bible commentary. Ezekiel, whose name means god strengthens, was born in jerusalem during a time of great upheavals caused by the invading babylonian army.
The book of ezekiel is the third of the latter prophets in the tanakh and one of the major prophetic books in the old testament, following isaiah and jeremiah. Ezekiel 37 commentary commentary critical and explanatory. Ezekiel 37 is a famous passage that records ezekiels vision of the valley of dry bones. Ezekiel chapter 37 the valley of dry bones, israel. The vision of the valley of dry bones ezekiel chapter 37 youtube. Ezekiel 37 niv bible the hand of the lord was on me. And, behold, there were very many in the open valley. That they were so divided among themselves, too much of the old enmity between judah and ephraim remaining even in their captivity. If this is a prophecy of the book of mormon being written, then why is ezekiel the one doing the writing for mormonism to be correct, the text should have said that ezekiel would write on the stick of ephraim the bible and nephi to write on the stick of manassah the book of mormon. This african american spiritual was inspired by ezekiel s vision in chapter 37, in which he sees the dead bones of the house of israel reassemble and come back to life with muscles and flesh. This vision illustrates the promise of ezekiel 36new life and a nation restored, both physically and spiritually. Dry bones and the resurrection of the dead ezekiel 37.
The hand of the lord was on me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the lord and set me in the middle of a valley. As we noted earlier, the theme of the book of ezekiel is the knowledge of god. This vision took place while israel was in babylonian captivity so sometime between 586 b. Ezekiel 37 is the thirtyseventh chapter of the book of ezekiel in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible. Send to the book of ezekiel chapter 37 to a loved one. Ezekiel 37 niv the valley of dry bones the hand of bible. We will be leaving this section of the bible after this.
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