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Ezekiel 37:11

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.

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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.'
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.
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 hond of the Lord was maad on me, and ledde me out in the spirit of the Lord; and he lefte me in the myddis of a feeld that was ful of boonys; 2 and he ledde me aboute bi tho in cumpas. Forsothe tho weren ful manye on the face of the feeld, and drie greetli. 3 And he seide to me, Gessist thou, sone of man, whether these boonys schulen lyue? And Y seide, Lord God, thou wost. 4 And he seide to me, Profesie thou of these boonys; and thou schalt seie to tho, Ye drie boonys, here the word of the Lord. 5 The Lord God seith these thingis to these boonys, Lo! Y schal sende in to you a spirit, and ye schulen lyue. 6 And Y schal yyue synewis on you, and Y schal make fleischis to wexe on you, and Y schal stretche forth aboue a skyn in you, and Y schal yyue a spirit to you, and ye schulen lyue; and ye schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. 7 And Y profesiede, as he comaundide to me; forsothe a sown was maad, while Y profesiede, and lo! a stiryng togidere, and boonys camen to boonys, ech to his ioynture. 8 And Y siy and lo! synewis and fleischis `wexeden vpon tho, and skyn was stretchid forth aboue in hem, and tho hadden no spirit. 9 And he seide to me, Profesie thou to the spirit, profesie thou, sone of man; and thou schalt seie to the spirit, The Lord God seith these thingis, Come, thou spirit, fro foure wyndis, and blowe thou on these slayn men, and lyue thei ayen. 10 And Y profesiede, as he comaundide to me; and the spirit entride in to tho boonys, and thei lyueden, and stoden on her feet, a ful greet oost.

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 seide to him, Entre thou, the blessid of the Lord; whi stondist thou with outforth? I haue maad redi the hows, and a place to thi camels.
Genesis 37:14
And whanne Joseph answerde, Y am redi, Israel seide, Go thou, and se whether alle thingis ben esi anentis thi britheren, and scheep; and telle thou to me what is doon. He was sent fro the valey of Ebron, and cam into Sichem;
Genesis 37:16
And he answerde, Y seke my britheren, schewe thou to me where thei kepten flockis.
Psalms 106:16
And thei wraththiden Moyses in the castels; Aaron, the hooli of the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Eft Y bihelde alle the trauelis of men, and bisynesses; and Y perseyuede that tho ben opyn to the enuye of neiybore; and therfor in this is vanyte, and superflu bisynesse.
Isaiah 11:13
And the enuye of Effraym schal be don awei, and the enemyes of Juda schulen perische; Effraym schal not haue enuye to Juda, and Juda schal not fiyte ayens Effraym.
Isaiah 26:11
Lord, thin hond be enhaunsid, that thei se not; puplis hauynge enuye se, and be schent, and fier deuoure thin enemyes.
Daniel 7:28
Hidur to is the ende of the word. Y, Danyel, was disturblid myche in my thouytis, and my face was chaungid in me; forsothe Y kepte the word in myn herte.
Matthew 27:18
For he wiste, that bi enuye thei bitraieden hym.
Mark 15:10
For he wiste, that the hiyeste prestis hadden takun hym bi enuye.

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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