Yǐsījiēshū 37:11

11 Zhǔ duì wǒ shuō , Rénzǐ a , zhèxie háigǔ jiù shì Yǐsèliè quán jiā . tāmen shuō , wǒmen de gútou kū gān le , wǒmen de zhǐwang shīqù le , wǒmen mièjué jìng jǐn le .

Yǐsījiēshū 37:11 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 37:11

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.

Yǐsījiēshū 37:11 In-Context

9 Zhǔ duì wǒ shuō , Rénzǐ a , nǐ yào fā yùyán , xiàng fēng fā yùyán , shuō zhǔ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , qìxī a , yào cóng sìfāng ( fāng yuánwén zuò fēng ) ér lái , chuī zaì zhèxie beì shā de rénshēn shang , shǐ tāmen huó le .

10 Yúshì wǒ zūnméng shuō yùyán , qìxī jiù jìnrù háigǔ , háigǔ biàn huó le , bìngqiĕ zhàn qǐlai , chéngwéi jí dà de jūnduì .

11 Zhǔ duì wǒ shuō , Rénzǐ a , zhèxie háigǔ jiù shì Yǐsèliè quán jiā . tāmen shuō , wǒmen de gútou kū gān le , wǒmen de zhǐwang shīqù le , wǒmen mièjué jìng jǐn le .

12 Suǒyǐ nǐ yào fā yùyán duì tāmen shuō , zhǔ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , wǒde mín nǎ , wǒ bì kāi nǐmen de fùnmù , shǐ nǐmen cóng fùnmù zhōng chūlai , lǐng nǐmen jìnrù Yǐsèliè dì .

13 Wǒde mín nǎ , wǒ kāi nǐmen de fùnmù , shǐ nǐmen cóng fùnmù zhōng chūlai , nǐmen jiù zhīdào wǒ shì Yēhéhuá .