11Then 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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And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? …
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)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 non datur regressus—from privation to possession there is no return ), that we could have no thought of it but by the word of the Lord ; and that it is certain by that word that there shall be a gen…
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