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Ezekiel 37:2
2He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out.
Ezekiel 37:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
- New International Version (NIV)He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry.
Context of Ezekiel 37:2
1The Lord took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the Lord to a valley filled with bones. He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out. 3Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?” “O Sovereign Lord,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.” 4Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord!
Read all of Ezekiel 37Ezekiel 37:2 word by word
וְהֶעֱבִירַ֥נִי עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם סָבִ֣יב׀ סָבִ֑יב וְהִנֵּ֨ה רַבּ֤וֹת מְאֹד֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַבִּקְעָ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֖ה יְבֵשׁ֥וֹת מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 37:2
- Deuteronomy 11:30(These two mountains are west of the Jordan River in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Jordan Valley, near the town of Gilgal, not far from the oaks of Moreh.)
- Ezekiel 37:11Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.’
- Psalms 141:7Like rocks brought up by a plow, the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 37:2
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2This death scene seemed hopeless. These were not recently dead bodies, but scattered bones, completely dried out. This scene symbolized the people's attitude. Their hopes were not just dead. Their hopes were broken and dried up.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. dry--bleached by long exposure to the atmosphere.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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