Ezequiel 37:11

11 Luego me dijo: «Hijo de hombre, estos huesos son el pueblo de Israel. Ellos andan diciendo: “Nuestros huesos se han secado. Ya no tenemos esperanza. ¡Estamos perdidos!”

Ezequiel 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.

Ezequiel 37:11 In-Context

9 Entonces el SEÑOR me dijo: «Profetiza, hijo de hombre; conjura al aliento de vida y dile: “Esto ordena el SEÑOR omnipotente: ‘Ven de los cuatro vientos, y dales vida a estos huesos muertos para que revivan’”».

10 Yo profeticé, tal como el SEÑOR me lo había ordenado, y el aliento de vida entró en ellos; entonces los huesos revivieron y se pusieron de pie. ¡Era un ejército numeroso!

11 Luego me dijo: «Hijo de hombre, estos huesos son el pueblo de Israel. Ellos andan diciendo: “Nuestros huesos se han secado. Ya no tenemos esperanza. ¡Estamos perdidos!”

12 Por eso, profetiza y adviérteles que así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente: “Pueblo mío, abriré tus tumbas y te sacaré de ellas, y te haré regresar a la tierra de Israel.

13 Y cuando haya abierto tus tumbas y te haya sacado de allí, entonces, pueblo mío, sabrás que yo soy el SEÑOR.