Ezekiel 37:5

5 This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath^[a] enter you, and you will come to life.

Ezekiel 37:5 in Other Translations

5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.

5 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again!

5 God, the Master, told the dry bones, "Watch this: I'm bringing the breath of life to you and you'll come to life.

5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.

5 This is what the Almighty LORD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live.

5 This is what the Lord God says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live.

5 The LORD and King speaks to you. He says, "I will put breath in you. Then you will come to life again.

Ezekiel 37:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 37:5

Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones
By the prophet, who was sent to prophesy over them: behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live;
and none could do this but the living God, who breathed the breath of life into Adam at first, and he became a living soul; to which there seems to be an allusion here; and when the Lord puts his Spirit into men, or bestows his grace on them, then they shall live, and not till then.

Ezekiel 37:5 In-Context

3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “Sovereign LORD, you alone know.”

4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

5 This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.

6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’ ”

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 2:7; Psalms 104:29-30; Revelation 11:11

Footnotes

• [a] The Hebrew for this word can also mean "wind" or "spirit" (see verses 6-14).