Ezequiel 37:11

11 Então ele me disse: “Filho do homem, estes ossos são toda a nação de Israel. Eles dizem: ‘Nossos ossos se secaram e nossa esperança desvaneceu-se; fomos exterminados’.

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 A seguir ele me disse: “Profetize ao espírito; profetize, filho do homem, e diga-lhe: Assim diz o Soberano, o SENHOR: Venha desde os quatro ventos, ó espírito, e sopre dentro desses mortos, para que vivam”.

10 Profetizei conforme a ordem recebida, e o espírito entrou neles; eles receberam vida e se puseram em pé. Era um exército enorme!

11 Então ele me disse: “Filho do homem, estes ossos são toda a nação de Israel. Eles dizem: ‘Nossos ossos se secaram e nossa esperança desvaneceu-se; fomos exterminados’.

12 Por isso profetize e diga-lhes: Assim diz o Soberano, o SENHOR: Ó meu povo, vou abrir os seus túmulos e fazê-los sair; trarei vocês de volta à terra de Israel.

13 E, quando eu abrir os seus túmulos e os fizer sair, vocês, meu povo, saberão que eu sou o SENHOR.