Ezekiel 37:7

⁵ This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.

⁶ I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

So I prophesied as I had been commanded. And as I prophesied, there was suddenly a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

⁸ As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.

⁹ Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: So I prophesied as I had been commanded. And as I prophesied, there was suddenly a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.
KJV: So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
WEB: So I prophesied as I was commanded. As I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, there was an earthquake. Then the bones came together, bone to its bone.
ASV: So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
DARBY: And I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a rustling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
BLB: And I prophesied as I had been commanded. And there was a noise at my prophesying, and behold, a shaking, and the bones drew together, bone to bone.

ÅB: Og jeg spådde slik som det var befalt meg, og mens jeg spådde, hørtes det en sterk lyd; det ble et bulder, og benene nærmet seg til hverandre.
OTB: Så jeg profeterte som jeg ble befalt. Mens jeg profeterte, var det en lyd, en rasling, og benene kom sammen, ben til sitt ben.
B1930: Og jeg spådde således som det var befalt mig, og mens jeg spådde, hørtes det en sterk lyd; det blev et bulder, og benene nærmet sig til hverandre.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 2:2
Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
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1 Kings 19:11–13
Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
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Acts 4:19
But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
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Jeremiah 13:5–7
So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.
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Acts 2:37
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
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Acts 5:20–29
“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
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Acts 16:26–29
Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
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Jeremiah 26:8
and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
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