...them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. 1 1 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel...are dried, and our hope is lost : we are cut off" for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD ; Behold, O my people,...

...us should not be The prophet Ezekiel holds up this doctrine in hia xxxviith chap, from the ISthver. "therefore prophecy and say unto them, thus saith the Lord God, behold O my people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into...

...so dispersed through that vast empire, that they said of themselves, in the language of despair, " Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost ; we are cut off for our parts." Even the Prophet himself looked on their case as so irrecoverable by human means, that,...

...were very dry, then he said unto me, Son of «« man, these bones are the whole house of Is" rael ! behold they say, our bones are dried, " and our hope is lost; we are cut off for our " parts." What a melancholy heart-rending scene ! how would the prophet's heart meditate terror,...

...so dispersed through that vast empire, that they said of themselves, in the language of despair, " Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost; we are cut oil" for our parts." Even the Prophet himself looked on their case as so irrecoverable by human means,...

...this state the application is made — God himself makes this use of it. " Then he " said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole " house of Israel...are " dried, and our hope is lost, we are cut off for our " parts ; therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus " saith the Lord God, Behold, O my people,...

...unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel." Not the tribe of Judah alone, but " the whole house of Israel. " Behold, they say our...bones are dried, and our hope is lost. We are cut off' for our parts," or, " for us we are cut off. Therefore, prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the...

...event, by the resurrection of a valley of dry bones ; chap, xxxvii. : which figure God thus explains : " Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel....bones are dried, and our hope is lost ; we are cut off for our parts. Therefore prophecy, and say unto them ; Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, O my people,...

...very great army.— This is a metaphorical or iigurative resurrection. — " Then he said unto me, son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel:...bones are dried, and our hope is lost; we are cut off for our parts. Therefore, prophecy and say unto them, Thus saiththe Lord God, Behold, 0 my people,...

...36, 37. Hosea ii. 14, 15. Amos ix. 1 1. 14, 15. By the dry bones is typified the Israelites' return. These bones are the whole house of Israel: behold...they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost, and we are cut off for our parts: therefore prophesy, &c. O my people, I will open your graves, cause...