Ezequiel 37:12

12 Portanto profetiza, e dize-lhes: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis que eu vos abrirei as vossas sepulturas, sim, das vossas sepulturas vos farei sair, ó povo meu, e vos trarei � terra de Israel.

Ezequiel 37:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 37:12

Therefore prophesy, and say unto them
For their comfort, in order to revive their hope, and encourage their faith, in these distressed circumstances: thus saith the Lord, behold, O my people:
they were his people still, and he had a covenant interest in them, and they in him, though in such a low estate; and which was the ground of his care of them, and concern for them, and or doing all the good things to them after mentioned; all proceeded from his covenant, and the grace of it, and their relation to him: I will open your graves, and cause you to come out of your graves;
the cities and prisons in Chaldea and other places; where they were confined and held captives, and out of which they could no more deliver themselves than a dead man of himself can rise up out of his grave: this is both an emblem of the resurrection of the dead at the last day {z}, when they shall come forth out of their graves at the voice of Christ, some to the resurrection of life, and others to the resurrection of damnation; and of dead sinners, raised out of the graves of sin by the power and efficacy of the grace of God; see ( John 5:25 John 5:28 John 5:29 ) : and bring you into the land of Israel;
to dwelt in it, and abide there, and be no more dispossessed of it; as they will not, any more, when once settled in it, upon their conversion in the latter day.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 To which it is applied in T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 152. 2, & Taanith, fol. 2. 2.

Ezequiel 37:12 In-Context

10 Profetizei, pois, como ele me ordenara; então o fôlego da vida entrou neles e viveram, e se puseram em pé, um exército grande em extremo.

11 Então me disse: Filho do homem, estes ossos são toda a casa de Israel. Eis que eles dizem: Os nossos ossos secaram-se, e pereceu a nossa esperança; estamos de todo cortados.

12 Portanto profetiza, e dize-lhes: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis que eu vos abrirei as vossas sepulturas, sim, das vossas sepulturas vos farei sair, ó povo meu, e vos trarei � terra de Israel.

13 E quando eu vos abrir as sepulturas, e delas vos fizer sair, ó povo meu, sabereis que eu sou o Senhor.

14 E porei em vós o meu Espírito, e vivereis, e vos porei na vossa terra; e sabereis que eu, o Senhor, o falei e o cumpri, diz o Senhor.