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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Ezekiel 37:11

Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bones;   Ezekiel;   Power;   Regeneration;   Resurrection;   Vision;   Thompson Chain Reference - Despair;   Hope-Despair;   The Topic Concordance - Israel/jews;   Knowledge;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jews, the;   Power of the Holy Spirit, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Word;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jonah;   Tongues, Gift of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Oracles;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Dura, Plain of;   Ethics;   Ezekiel;   Hope;   Kidron (1);   Resurrection;   Servant of the Lord;   Symbol;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Claim;   Odes of Solomon;   Resurrection of the Dead;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Israel ;   Resurrection;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Adoption;   Valley;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Bone;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Millenarians;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Daniel, Book of;   Death;   Ezekiel;   Isaiah;   Promise;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;   Tanna Debe Eliyahu;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look how they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
Hebrew Names Version
Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Yisra'el: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
King James Version
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
English Standard Version
Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.'
New American Standard Bible
Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the entire house of Israel; behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.'
New Century Version
Then he said to me, "Human, these bones are like all the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has gone. We are destroyed.'
Amplified Bible
Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he sayd vnto me, Sonne of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is gone, and we are cleane cut off.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.'
Berean Standard Bible
Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.'
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said: Ezekiel, the people of Israel are like dead bones. They complain that they are dried up and that they have no hope for the future.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then he said to me, "Human being! These bones are the whole house of Isra'el; and they are saying, ‘Our bones have dried up, our hope is gone, and we are completely cut off.'
Darby Translation
And he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off!
Easy-to-Read Version
Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are like the whole family of Israel. The people of Israel say, ‘Our bones have dried up; our hope is gone. We have been completely destroyed!'
George Lamsa Translation
Then he said to me, Son of man, all these bones are the bones of the children of Israel, who said, Our bones are dried and our hope is lost; we are completely gone.
Good News Translation
God said to me, "Mortal man, the people of Israel are like these bones. They say that they are dried up, without any hope and with no future.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all of the house of Israel; look! they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is destroyed; we are cut off as far as we are concerned.'
Literal Translation
Then He said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is perished; we are cut off to ourselves.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer, he sayde vnto me: Thou sonne of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Beholde, they saye: oure bones are dryed vp, oure hope is gone, we are clene cut of.
American Standard Version
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
Bible in Basic English
Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the children of Israel: and see, they are saying, Our bones have become dry our hope is gone, we are cut off completely.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then He said unto me: 'Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say: Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
King James Version (1611)
Then he said vnto me, Sonne of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say; Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost, wee are cut off for our parts.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Moreouer he said vnto me: Thou sonne of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: Behold, they say, Our bones are dryed vp, our hope is gone, and we are cleane cut of.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to me, saying, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: and they say, Our bones are become dry, our hope has perished, we are quite spent.
English Revised Version
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
World English Bible
Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide to me, Thou sone of man, alle these boonys is the hous of Israel; thei seien, Oure boonys drieden, and oure hope perischide, and we ben kit awei.
Update Bible Version
Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: look, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
New English Translation
Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.'
New King James Version
Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, "Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!'
New Living Translation
Then 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.'
New Life Bible
Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is gone. We are all destroyed.'
New Revised Standard
Then he said to me, "Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said he unto me, Son of man. These bones, are all the house of Israel, - Lo! they are saying. Dried are our bones, and lost is our hope We are quite cut off!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to me: Son of man: All these bones are the house of Israel: they say: Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost, and we are cut off.
Revised Standard Version
Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.'
Young's Literal Translation
And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; lo, they are saying: Dried up have our bones, And perished hath our hope, We have been cut off by ourselves.
THE MESSAGE
Then God said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Listen to what they're saying: ‘Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, there's nothing left of us.'

Contextual Overview

1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry. 3 He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know." 4 Again He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.' 5 "Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. 6 'I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the LORD.'" 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them. 9 Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life."'" 10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

whole house: Ezekiel 37:16, Ezekiel 37:19, Ezekiel 36:10, Ezekiel 39:25, Jeremiah 31:1, Jeremiah 33:24-26, Hosea 1:11, Romans 11:26, 2 Corinthians 5:14, Ephesians 2:1

Our bones: Ezekiel 37:1-8, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 17:13, Psalms 77:7-9, Psalms 141:7, Isaiah 40:27, Isaiah 49:14, Jeremiah 2:25

Reciprocal: Ezra 9:8 - reviving Job 14:19 - destroyest Job 17:16 - rest Psalms 31:22 - I am Psalms 143:3 - made me Isaiah 49:24 - Shall Jeremiah 18:12 - There Jeremiah 30:12 - General Jeremiah 31:17 - General Jeremiah 32:43 - General Jeremiah 33:10 - which ye Lamentations 3:18 - General Lamentations 3:54 - I said Lamentations 5:22 - But thou hast utterly rejected us Ezekiel 18:2 - the land Ezekiel 33:10 - how Ezekiel 37:2 - they were Ezekiel 37:4 - Prophesy Hosea 2:14 - and speak Hosea 2:15 - for Hosea 6:2 - two Hosea 13:14 - ransom Jonah 2:4 - I said Habakkuk 1:12 - we Zechariah 1:6 - Like Zechariah 4:6 - Not Zechariah 8:13 - O house Zechariah 9:12 - even Luke 5:5 - we Luke 22:19 - is my Acts 27:20 - all Romans 4:18 - against 1 Corinthians 15:35 - How 1 Thessalonians 4:13 - which have Revelation 11:8 - their dead

Cross-References

Genesis 24:31
And he said, "Come in, blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside since I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?"
Genesis 37:14
Then he said to him, "Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me." So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Genesis 37:16
He said, "I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock."
Psalms 106:16
When they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord ,
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
Isaiah 11:13
Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, And those who harass Judah will be cut off; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, And Judah will not harass Ephraim.
Isaiah 26:11
O LORD, Your hand is lifted up yet they do not see it. They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies.
Daniel 7:28
"At this point the revelation ended. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts were greatly alarming me and my face grew pale, but I kept the matter to myself."
Matthew 27:18
For he knew that because of envy they had handed Him over.
Mark 15:10
For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then he said unto me, son of man,.... Here follow the explication and application of the above vision:

these bones are the whole house of Israel; an emblem of them, of their state and condition in the Babylonish captivity, and of them in their present state; and of the whole Israel of God, while in a state of unregeneracy: this phrase takes in the ten tribes, as well as the two tribes of Benjamin and Judah, which returned from Babylon; and shows that respect is had to something more than that restoration barely:

behold, they say, our bones are dried; the house of Israel say we are like dry bones indeed; we have no spirit, nor strength, nor courage, nor life in us:

and our hope is lost; of being delivered from the present captivity; or of the Messiah's coming; or of ever enjoying their own land, and of the promises of those things made unto them:

we are cut off for our parts; from the land of Israel, and have no hope of possessing it again, whatever others have; indeed they are cut off from the olive tree, and are cut down like a tree, both as to their civil and church state. The Targum is,

"and we are perished;''

it is all over with us; we are lost and undone; all the expressions show the desperate and despairing condition they were in.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

We are cut off for our parts - That is, “as for us, we are cut off.” The people had fallen into despair.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 37:11. These bones are the whole house of Israel — That is, their state is represented by these bones; and their restoration to their own land is represented by the revivification of these bones.


 
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