Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
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Gill's Exposition
Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones,.... By the prophet, who was sent to prophesy over them:
behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live; and none could do this but the…
Adam Clarke
Behold, I will cause breath - רוח ruach signifies both soul, breath, and wind; and sometimes the Spirit of God. Soul is its proper meaning in this vision, where it refers to the bones: "I will cause…
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 act of putting breath within them, being the main and final step of giving them life, is mentioned first as if it embraced all.
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