Ezekiel 37:10
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
KJV
Et prophetavi sicut præceperat mihi : et ingressus est in ea spiritus, et vixerunt : steteruntque super pedes suos, exercitus grandis nimis valde.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐπροφήτευσα καθότι ἐνετείλατό μοι· καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς αὐτοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ ἔζησαν, καὶ ἔστησαν ἐπὶ τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῶν, συναγωγὴ πολλὴ σφόδρα.
LXX
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
ASV
וְ/הִנַּבֵּ֖אתִי כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֑/נִי וַ/תָּבוֹא֩ בָ/הֶ֨ם הָ/ר֜וּחַ וַ/יִּֽחְי֗וּ וַ/יַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ עַל רַגְלֵי/הֶ֔ם חַ֖יִל גָּד֥וֹל מְאֹד מְאֹֽד
Hebrew
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Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Rev 11:11 · allusion"And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them."Ezekiel: dry bones came to life — the two witnesses revived
Prophecy
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Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§703The Word of God and his Breath are at the origin of the being and life of every creature:63 It belongs to the Holy Spirit to rule, sanctify, and animate creation, for he is God, consubstantial with the Father and the Son.... Power over life pertains to the Spirit, for being God he preserves creation in the Father through the Son.64
§715The prophetic texts that directly concern the sending of the Holy Spirit are oracles by which God speaks to the heart of his people in the language of the promise, with the accents of "love and fidelity."85 St. Peter will proclaim their fulfillment on the morning of Pentecost.86 According to these promises, at the "end time" the Lord's Spirit will renew the hearts of men, engra…
1. A certain one of those of moderate talent, who had composed a discourse, stepped forward in the presence of many pastors who were assembled as if for a church gathering, and while they attended quietly and decently, he addressed himself as follows to one who was in all things a most excellent bishop and beloved of God, through whose zeal the temple in Tyre, which was the mos…
"Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts." Spurgeon teaches that all true spiritual work — conversion, sanctification, revival, gospel preaching — is accomplished not by human eloquence or organizational skill but by the sovereign power of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit alone can raise the dead, open blind eyes, and soften hard hearts. Without the Spir…
Cross-references
- Ezek 12:7 — And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it up
- Ps 119:50 — This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
- Rev 11:11 — And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.