Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Ezekiel Chapter 37
Overview
Eze 37:1, By the resurrection of dry bones, Eze 37:11. the dead hope of Israel is revived; Eze 37:15, By the uniting of two sticks, Eze 37:18. is shewn the incorporation of Israel into Judah; Eze 37:21, The promises of Christ's kingdom.
hand: In this vision, the dry bones aptly represent the ruined and desperate state of both Israel and Judah; and the revivification of these bones signifies their restoration to their own land after their captivity, and also their recovery from their present long dispersion. Although this is the primary and genuine scope of the vision, yet the doctrine of a general resurrection of the dead may justly be inferred from it; for "a simile of the resurrection," says Jerome, after Tertullian and others, "would never have been used to signify the restoration of the people of Israel, unless such a future resurrection had been believed and known; because no one attempts to confirm uncertain things by things which have no existence." Eze 1:3, Eze 3:14, Eze 3:22, Eze 33:22, Eze 40:1; Rev 1:10
carried: Eze 8:3, Eze 11:24; Kg1 18:12; Kg2 2:16; Luk 4:1; Act 8:39
valley: or, champaign, Deu 11:30
they were: Eze 37:11; Psa 141:7
O Lord God: Deu 32:29; Sa1 2:6; Joh 5:21, Joh 11:25, Joh 11:26; Act 26:8; Rom 4:17; Co2 1:9, Co2 1:10; Heb 11:19
Prophesy: Eze 37:11, Eze 37:15, Eze 37:16; Num 20:8; Kg1 13:2; Mat 21:21; Joh 2:5
O ye: Eze 36:1; Isa 26:19, Isa 42:18; Jer 22:29; Mic 6:2; Joh 5:25, Joh 5:28, Joh 5:29
I will: Eze 37:9, Eze 37:10,Eze 37:14; Gen 2:7; Psa 104:29, Psa 104:30; Joh 20:22; Rom 8:2; Eph 2:5
I will: Eze 37:8-10
ye shall: Eze 37:14, Eze 6:7, Eze 6:13, Eze 7:4, Eze 7:9, Eze 11:10,Eze 11:12, Eze 20:38, Eze 28:22-26, Eze 32:15, Eze 34:27; Eze 35:9, Eze 35:12, Eze 35:15, Eze 38:23, Eze 39:6, Eze 39:22, Eze 39:28; Deu 29:6; Kg1 20:28; Isa 49:23; Joe 2:27, Joe 3:17
I prophesied as: Jer 13:5-7, Jer 26:8; Act 4:19, Act 5:20-29
there: Kg1 19:11-13; Act 2:2, Act 2:37, Act 16:26-29
wind: or, breath
Come: Eze 37:5, Eze 37:14; Sol 4:16; Joh 3:8
the breath: Psa 104:30; Rev 11:11, Rev 20:4, Rev 20:5
whole house: Eze 37:16, Eze 37:19, Eze 36:10, Eze 39:25; Jer 31:1, Jer 33:24-26; Hos 1:11; Rom 11:26; Co2 5:14; Eph 2:1
Our bones: Eze 37:1-8; Num 17:12, Num 17:13; Psa 77:7-9, Psa 141:7; Isa 40:27, Isa 49:14; Jer 2:25
Therefore: Job 35:14, Job 35:15
I will open: This is a pointed allusion to the resurrection; under which figure Isaiah (Isa 26:9) also describes the restoration of the house of Israel, when he says, "thy dead men shall live;" at which time their bones are said to flourish (Isa 66:14), or to be restored to their former strength and vigour; and, in like manner, St. Paul (Rom 11:15), expresses their conversion by "life from the dead." In the land of their captivity, they seemed as absolutely deprived of their country as persons committed to the grave are cut off from the land of the living; but when Cyrus issued his proclamation, Jehovah, as it were, opened their graves, and when he stirred up their spirits to embrace the proffered liberty, he put his Spirit within them, that they might live; and their re-establishment in their own land evinced the truth of God in the prediction, and his power in its accomplishment. Eze 37:21; Isa 26:19, Isa 66:14; Hos 6:2, Hos 13:14; Th1 4:16; Rev 20:13
and bring: Eze 37:25, Eze 28:25, Eze 36:24; Ezra 1:1-2:70; Amo 9:14, Amo 9:15
Eze 37:6, Eze 16:62; Psa 126:2, Psa 126:3
shall put: Eze 37:9, Eze 11:19, Eze 36:27, Eze 39:29; Isa 32:15; Joe 2:28, Joe 2:29; Zac 12:10; Act 2:16, Act 2:17; Rom 8:2, Rom 8:11; Co1 15:45; Tit 3:5, Tit 3:6
I the Lord: Eze 17:24, Eze 22:14, Eze 36:36
For Judah: Ch2 10:17, Ch2 11:11-17, Ch2 15:9, Ch2 30:11-18
For Joseph: Kg1 12:16-20; Ch2 10:19
Eze 37:22-24; Isa 11:13; Jer 50:4; Hos 1:11; Zep 3:9
Wilt: Eze 12:9, Eze 17:12, Eze 20:49, Eze 24:19
Behold: Eze 37:16, Eze 37:17; Ch1 9:1-3; Zac 10:6; Eph 2:13, Eph 2:14; Col 3:11
in thine: Eze 12:3; Num 17:6-9; Hos 12:10
Eze 34:13, Eze 36:24, Eze 39:25; Deu 30:3, Deu 30:4; Isa 11:11-16, Isa 27:12, Isa 27:13, Isa 43:6, Isa 49:12; Jer 16:15, Jer 23:3, Jer 23:8, Jer 29:14, Jer 30:3, Jer 30:10,Jer 30:18, Jer 31:8-10, Jer 32:37, Jer 33:7, Jer 33:11, Jer 50:19; Amo 9:14, Amo 9:15; Oba 1:17-21; Mic 7:11, Mic 7:12
I will make: Isa 11:12, Isa 11:13; Jer 3:18, Jer 32:39, Jer 50:4; Hos 1:11; Eph 2:19-22
and one: It is evident that the grand union of Israel and Judah here predicted, and their government under one king, and that king to be David, must still be future; for, politically speaking, they never had a king from that day to this, far less a king or prince of that name. (See note on Eze 34:23.) Eze 37:24, Eze 34:23, Eze 34:24; Gen 49:10; Psa 2:6, Psa 2:12, Psa 72:1, Psa 72:8; Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7; Jer 23:5, Jer 23:6; Jer 33:14-17, Jer 33:26; Hos 3:4, Hos 3:5; Luk 1:32, Luk 1:33; Joh 10:16; Rev 11:15
shall they defile: Eze 20:43, Eze 36:25, Eze 36:29, Eze 36:31, Eze 43:7, Eze 43:8; Isa 2:18; Hos 14:8; Zac 13:1, Zac 13:2, Zac 14:21
but: Eze 36:24, Eze 36:29; Lev 20:7, Lev 20:8; Mic 7:14
will cleanse: Eph 5:26, Eph 5:27; Heb 9:13, Heb 9:14; Jo1 1:7, Jo1 1:9
they be: Eze 37:27, Eze 36:28, Eze 39:22; Gen 17:7, Gen 17:8; Psa 68:20,Psa 68:35; Jer 31:1, Jer 31:33, Jer 32:38, Jer 32:39; Hos 1:10; Zac 13:9; Rev 21:3, Rev 21:4, Rev 21:7
David: Eze 37:25; Isa 55:3, Isa 55:4; Jer 23:5, Jer 30:9; Hos 3:5; Luk 1:32
one: Eze 37:22, Eze 34:23, Eze 34:24; Psa 78:71, Psa 78:72, Psa 80:1; Ecc 12:11; Isa 40:11; Mic 5:2, Mic 5:4; Zac 13:7; Joh 10:11, Joh 10:14-16; Eph 4:4-6; Heb 13:20; Pe1 5:4
they shall: Eze 36:27; Deu 30:6; Jer 31:33, Jer 32:39; Co1 11:2; Eph 2:10; Phi 2:12, Phi 2:13; Tit 2:11-13, Tit 3:3-8; Jo1 2:6
they shall dwell in: Eze 37:21, Eze 28:25, Eze 36:28, Eze 37:26; Jer 30:3, Jer 31:24, Jer 32:41
even they: Isa 60:21, Isa 66:22; Joe 3:20; Amo 9:15; Zep 3:14, Zep 3:15; Zac 14:11
and my: Eze 37:24; Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7; Dan 2:44, Dan 2:45; Zac 6:12, Zac 6:13; Luk 1:32, Luk 1:33; Joh 12:34; Heb 7:2, Heb 7:21
I will make: Eze 34:25; Gen 17:7; Sa2 23:5; Psa 89:3, Psa 89:4; Isa 55:3, Isa 59:20,Isa 59:21; Jer 32:40; Hos 2:18-23; Joh 14:27; Heb 13:20,Heb 13:21
multiply: Eze 36:10,Eze 36:37; Isa 27:6, Isa 49:21; Jer 30:19, Jer 31:27; Zac 8:4, Zac 8:5; Heb 6:14
set: Eze 11:16, Eze 43:7, Eze 45:1-6; Lev 26:11, Lev 26:12; Kg1 8:20,Kg1 8:21; Psa 68:18; Zac 2:5; Co2 6:16
tabernacle: Joh 1:14; Col 2:9, Col 2:10; Rev 21:3, Rev 21:22
I will: Eze 37:23, Eze 11:20, Eze 14:11, Eze 36:28; Lev 26:12; Hos 2:23
the heathen: Eze 36:23, Eze 36:36, Eze 38:23, Eze 39:7, Eze 39:23; Psa 79:10, Psa 102:15, Psa 126:2; Rom 11:15
sanctify: Eze 20:12; Exo 31:13; Lev 20:8, Lev 21:8; Joh 17:17-19; Co1 1:30; Eph 5:26; Th1 5:23