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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Ezekiel 37:9

Then said he; the Lord God. Unto me; to Ezekiel, viewing, and no doubt wondering at the sight. Prophesy; declare to that what my will is. Unto the wind, Heb. spirit; and it might be so rendered, but our version hath it wind, while the French hath it spirit, i.e. the soul, whose emblem here is wind; which, as it did gently blow upon these lifeless creatures, they received, each inspired with its own soul and spirit. Come from the four winds; gather yourselves from all quarters of the earth under heaven, unite to your own bodies, inspire them.once more. Slain by the sword of an enemy long since, some of them these seventy years. May live; revive and rise.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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