Prophesy – <\/B>Not in the sense of predicting what was to come to pass, but simply in that of speaking under the inspiration of God. In Eze 37:5<\/span>, not I will cause, but I cause or am causing.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 4<\/span>. Prophesy upon these bones<\/B><\/I>]; Declare to your miserable countrymen the gracious designs of the Lord; show them that their state, however deplorable, is not hopeless.<\/P> <\/p>\n The prophet had spoken often to things that could as little hear as these bones could, yet when they are deaf to a prophet, they will hear the prophets God. <\/P> Ye dry bones, hear:<\/B> alas, what, dry bones hear! no, not a syllable of this word. <\/P> The word of the Lord; <\/B>but this they will hear, observe, and obey it; his voice who calls things that are not, and makes them to be gives being by his word. <\/P> <\/p>\n 4. Prophesy<\/B>Proclaim God’squickening word to them. On account of this innate power of thedivine word to effect its end, prophets are said to do<\/I> thatwhich they prophesy as about to be done<\/I> (Jer1:10<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n Again he said unto me, prophesy upon these bones<\/strong>,…. Or, “over these bones” t; or, “concerning these bones” u; foretell that they shall live; tell others of it, and them also:<\/p>\n and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord<\/strong>; the word of prophecy concerning you, as the Jews did in Babylon: so unconverted sinners may be preached unto, and their lost and miserable estate in which they are, like dry bones, may be set before them: they may be called upon to attend the external ministry of the word; and they are capable of hearing it with their bodily ears; though it is not profitable to them, for want of faith, yet faith comes hereby; and therefore it is right to attend upon the means, and hear the word.<\/p>\n t “super ossa haec”, Starckius. u “De ossibus istis”, Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator.<\/p>\n (4) Prophesy upon these bones.<\/strong>Prophesy is here used (as frequently) in its original sense of speak on Gods behalf, and does not convey the idea of prediction. ‘Again he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones and say to them, O you dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh. Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones, Behold I will cause spirit (or ‘breath’) to enter into you and you will live. And I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put spirit (or ‘breath’) in you, and you will live, and you will know that I am Yahweh.” ’<\/p>\n Ezekiel was then told to prophesy over the bones. God was telling him that this was his mission, to prophesy to the dried out house of Israel in exile. They were like these bones, dry and lifeless. And he had to proclaim to them that God was going to do all that was necessary to enable them to again enter the land, and that He would revive them spiritually.<\/p>\n We may well parallel this with Genesis 2<\/span> and see in this a new beginning, almost a new creation. But the parallel is not quite as clear as it seems, for different Hebrew words are used for ‘breath’ and the first man was made of dust of the ground.<\/p>\n ‘And you will know that I am Yahweh.’ This may have been directed at Ezekiel, but more probably it was directed at the people Through what would happen they would recognise the living power of Yahweh.<\/p>\n When the Lord commanded the Prophet to prophesy or preach to the dry bones; had he been one of our modern preachers, who call themselves rational Christians, and affect to despise all doctrines their understandings cannot comprehend and explain; I fear the Prophet, instead of obeying the Lord’s command, of prophesying to them would have presumed to have reasoned with his Maker of the absurdity of so doing. Reader what doth every Preacher, and in every congregation upon earth, do but the same thing, of preaching to dry bones, whenever he stands up between a living God and dead sinners, in holding forth the word of life?<\/p>\n Eze 37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.<\/p>\n Ver. 4. Prophesy upon these bones.<\/strong> ] Be thou the interpreter of my will, who by mine all-powerful word do quicken the dead, and call things that are not as if they were. Rom 4:17 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And say unto them, O ye dry bones.<\/strong> ] Together with God’s word many times there goeth forth a power; Luk 5:17 as when he said, Lazarus, come forth. Joh 11:43 So it is in the first resurrection, and so it shall be at the last. Joh 5:25<\/span> ; Joh 5:28-29<\/span><\/em> See Trapp on “<\/em> Joh 5:25 “<\/em> See Trapp on “<\/em> Joh 5:28 “<\/em> See Trapp on “<\/em> Joh 5:29 “<\/em> <\/p>\n upon = over. Hebrew. ‘al. <\/p>\n Prophesy: Eze 37:11, Eze 37:15, Eze 37:16, Num 20:8, 1Ki 13:2, Mat 21:21, Joh 2:5 <\/p>\n O ye: Eze 36:1, Isa 26:19, Isa 42:18, Jer 22:29, Mic 6:2, Joh 5:25, Joh 5:28, Joh 5:29 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Ki 7:1 – Elisha said Job 10:11 – fenced Mic 6:1 – let Luk 5:5 – nevertheless Eph 5:14 – arise<\/p>\n Eze 37:4. Prophesy upon these bones means for him to direct his speech to and for the dry bones. In the preceding chapter the Lord directed a prophecy to the land of Israel, in this He addresses Israel herself Who Is in the form of dry bones. The purpose is to give encouragement to the Jews in exile who are represented by the dry bones, and who are told to hear the word of the Lord.<\/p>\n Eze 37:4-6. Again he said, Prophesy upon these bones Here sense and understanding are attributed to the dry bones; and as these bones signified the captive Jews, they are with strict propriety called upon to hear the word of the Lord. But this is also to be considered, as has been intimated on Eze 37:1, a prophetical representation of that voice of the Son of God which quickens and raises to spiritual life such as are dead in sin; and which all that are in their graves shall hear at the last day, and shall come forth out of them. Thus saith the Lord, I will cause breath to enter into you, &c. The breath of life, as it is expressed Gen 2:7. And I will lay sinews upon you, &c. All the expressions made use of here are such as describe the resurrection of a dead body.<\/p>\n Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Prophesy – Not in the sense of predicting what was to come to pass, but simply in that of speaking under the inspiration of God. 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