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OET (OET-RV) No OET-RV EZE 37:15 verse available
OET-LV and_he/it_was the_word of_Yahweh to_me to_say.
UHB וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃ ‡
(vayəhiy dəⱱar-yahweh ʼēlay lēʼmor.)
Key: yellow:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
UST Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
BSB § Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
OEB This word also came to me from Jehovah:
WEB ¶ Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,
WMB ¶ The LORD’s word came again to me, saying,
NET The word of the Lord came to me:
LSV And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
FBV Another message from the Lord came to me, saying,
T4T Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
LEB And the word of Yahweh came[fn] to me,saying,[fn]
BBE And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
MOF No MOF EZE book available
JPS And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
ASV The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,
DRA And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
YLT And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
DBY And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
RV The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
WBS The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
KJB ¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
BB The word of the Lord came vnto me, saying:
(The word of the Lord came unto me, saying:)
GNV The word of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,
(The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, )
CB The worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:
(The word of the LORD came unto me, sayenge:)
WYC And the word of the Lord was maad to me,
(And the word of the Lord was made to me,)
LUT Und des HErrn Wort geschah zu mir und sprach:
(And the HErrn Wort geschah to to_me and spoke:)
CLV Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens:
(And factus it_is sermo Domini to me, dicens: )
BRN And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς μὲ λέγων,
(Kai egeneto logos Kuriou pros me legōn, )
37:15-28 The prophet then performed a sign act (see “Prophetic Sign Acts” Theme Note) that demonstrated the future reunification of God’s people and the healing of the schism between the northern and southern tribes (see 1 Kgs 12).
The Promise of New Life
The Resurrection is a core tenet of Christian faith—without it, our faith is useless (1 Cor 15:14). God has promised that we share this resurrection with Christ (Col 3:1), and it is important to rightly understand exactly what new life God promises to us.
Ezekiel 37 might at first appear to teach that all people will be resurrected from the dead, living again in new bodies after their present bodies die. However, Ezekiel is not dealing with the general question, “Can human bones return to life?” Ezekiel and his audience were already familiar with the possibility of dead people being raised to life because of their knowledge of the miracles of Elijah and Elisha (1 Kgs 17:17-24; 2 Kgs 4:31-37; 13:20-21). Instead, Ezekiel is addressing the particular question, “Can these bones live?” That is, could the nation of Judah—a denuded, dismembered, and desiccated nation—be restored?
At that time, the Babylonians had devastated Judah, the Temple had been destroyed, and many of the people had been exiled to Babylon. The people still in Judah were a mere remnant, only the poorest of the poor (see 2 Kgs 25:8-12). Many concluded that there was no future for God’s people. They said, “We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished” (Ezek 37:11). The question was not whether God could raise them to new life, but whether he would perform such a miracle for the dry bones that represented Israel.
The prophet answered this question with a resounding Yes! God would return his people to life through an outpouring of his Spirit in response to the prophet’s word. Their death because of their sins was real, but God would not leave them in the grave (cp. Ps 16:10). Rather, he promised that in the future he would give his people life by his Spirit and would transform them into a new creation, a new Spirit-filled Israel. This new people of God would be raised to their feet as a mighty army that would serve the Lord.
God is capable of raising to life both those who are physically dead and those who are spiritually dead. He chooses to give the miracle of new birth to undeserving sinners (see John 3:5-7; Eph 2:1-7). Those who experience the death of sin in their lives also experience the new life that God offers through his Spirit—both now and in eternity (see Rom 8:5-13; Col 3:1-11). He makes people whom the world would write off as irredeemable acceptable to himself in Christ (1 Cor 6:9-11), and he equips them for fruitful work in his service (Eph 4:12-13; 6:11-18).
Passages for Further Study
1 Kgs 17:17-24; 2 Kgs 4:31-37; 13:20-21; Ps 16:10; Ezek 18:31; 37:1-28; 39:29; Matt 22:31-32; Rom 8:11; 2 Cor 5:17
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
(Occurrence 0) the word of Yahweh came
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was word YHWH to=me to=say )
This is an idiom that is used to introduce something that God told his prophets or his people. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 3:16. Alternate translation: “Yahweh spoke this message” or “Yahweh spoke these words”