Yǐsījiēshū 37:8

8 Wǒ guānkàn , jiàn háigǔ shang yǒu jīn , yĕ zhǎng le ròu , yòu yǒu pí zhē bì qí shang , zhǐshì hái méiyǒu qìxī .

Yǐsījiēshū 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.

Yǐsījiēshū 37:8 In-Context

6 Wǒ bì gĕi nǐmen jiā shang jīn , shǐ nǐmen zhǎng ròu , yòu jiāng pí zhē bì nǐmen , shǐ qìxī jìnrù nǐmen lǐmiàn , nǐmen jiù yào huó le . nǐmen biàn zhīdào wǒ shì Yēhéhuá .

7 Yúshì , wǒ zūnméng shuō yùyán . zhēng shuō yùyán de shíhou , búliào , yǒu xiǎngshēng , yǒu dìzhèn . gú yǔ gú hùxiāng liánluò .

8 Wǒ guānkàn , jiàn háigǔ shang yǒu jīn , yĕ zhǎng le ròu , yòu yǒu pí zhē bì qí shang , zhǐshì hái méiyǒu qìxī .

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 .