Ezequiel 37:8

Listen to Ezequiel 37:8
8 E olhei, e eis que vieram nervos sobre eles, e cresceu a carne, e estendeu-se a pele sobre eles por cima; mas n茫o havia neles f么lego.

Ezequiel 37:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 37:8

And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon
them
And they began to look like men, in the shape of men, and were a body of them, as the Jews did when gathered together: and the skin covered them above;
and so looked comely and beautiful, as in the proper form of men; as did the Jews enriched and protected by Cyrus: and this may be an image of such persons so far wrought upon under the word as to look like Christians; to have the form of godliness, and appear outwardly righteous before men, submitting to ordinances, and performing the duties of religion; and yet no principle of spiritual life in them; but, like Adam's body, of the earth, earthly, and breathless, before the breath of life was breathed into it; so here, but there was no breath in them; no spirit in the Jews to return to their land, though they had liberty, till the Lord stirred up their spirits, ( Ezra 1:5 ) , all this, in a spiritual sense, shows how far persons may go under temporary convictions by the word, and yet not be living Christians.

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Ezequiel 37:8 In-Context

6 E porei nervos sobre v贸s, e farei crescer carne sobre v贸s, e sobre vos estenderei pele, e porei em v贸s o f么lego da vida, e vivereis. Ent茫o sabereis que eu sou o Senhor.
7 Profetizei, pois, como se me deu ordem. Ora enquanto eu profetizava, houve um ru铆do; e eis que se fez um rebuli莽o, e os ossos se achegaram, osso ao seu osso.
8 E olhei, e eis que vieram nervos sobre eles, e cresceu a carne, e estendeu-se a pele sobre eles por cima; mas n茫o havia neles f么lego.
9 Ent茫o ele me disse: Profetiza ao f么lego da vida, profetiza, 贸 filho do homem, e dize ao f么lego da vida: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Vem dos quatro ventos, 贸 f么lego da vida, e assopra sobre estes mortos, para que vivam.
10 Profetizei, pois, como ele me ordenara; ent茫o o f么lego da vida entrou neles e viveram, e se puseram em p茅, um ex茅rcito grande em extremo.
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