Ezechiele 37:3

3 E mi disse: "Figliuol d’uomo, queste ossa potrebbero esse rivivere?" E io risposi: "O Signore, o Eterno, tu il sai".

Ezechiele 37:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 37:3

And he said unto me, son of man, can these bones live?
&c.] Is there any probability of it? is there any reason to believe they shall live? can any ways and means be devised, or any methods taken, to cause them to live? and I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest;
the prophet does not pronounce at once that it was improbable and impossible; he knew indeed it was not probable, or possible, that these bones should revive of themselves; and he knew that neither he nor any creature could quicken them; but he wisely refers it to an omniscient and omnipotent God, who knew what he could and what he would do: the conversion of sinners is not of themselves, nor of ministers, but of God; it is wholly owing to his will and power, ( John 1:13 ) nothing else can make it probable, or possible.

Ezechiele 37:3 In-Context

1 La mano dell’Eterno fu sopra me, e l’Eterno mi trasportò in ispirito, e mi depose in mezzo a una valle ch’era piena d’ossa.

2 E mi fece passare presso d’esse, tutt’attorno; ed ecco erano numerosissime sulla superficie della valle, ed erano anche molto secche.

3 E mi disse: "Figliuol d’uomo, queste ossa potrebbero esse rivivere?" E io risposi: "O Signore, o Eterno, tu il sai".

4 Ed egli mi disse: "Profetizza su queste ossa, e di’ loro: Ossa secche, ascoltate la parola dell’Eterno!

5 Così dice il Signore, l’Eterno, a queste ossa: Ecco, io faccio entrare in voi lo spirito, e voi rivivrete;