Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
We are cut off for our parts - That is, “as for us, we are cut off.” The people had fallen into despair.
Adam Clarke
These bones are the whole house of Israel - That is, their state is represented by these bones; and their restoration to their own land is represented by the revivification of these bones.
Here is, I. The vision of a resurrection from death to life, and it is a glorious resurrection. This is a thing so utterly unknown to nature, and so contrary to its principles (a privatione ad habitum…
Cambridge Bible
The whole house of Israel viz. Judah and Ephraim.
our hope is lost Those who speak are the living members of the nation, and it is of the nationality that they speak. The destruction and dissolution…
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