Study it in the app“And he said to me, “Son of man, these bones, they are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’”
God says the bones are Israel: he will open their graves and put his spirit in themThe Resurrection
And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםthese bones,הָעֲצָמוֹת הָאֵלֶּהtheyהֵמָּהare the wholeכָּלhouseבֵּיתof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלLook,הִנֵּהthey are saying,אֹמְרִים‘Our bonesעַצְמוֹתֵינוּare dried up,יָבְשׁוּand our hopeוְ תִקְוָתֵנוּhas perished;אָבְדָהwe are cut off.’נִגְזַרְנוּ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearshuman being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsamot” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsdry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “yavshu” appearshope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikvate” appearsperish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avda” appearscut off
To be shut off, excluded.
Where else “nigzarnu” appears10So I prophesied as he had commanded me; and the spirit came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an army exceedingly great.
11 · This verse (above)
12Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am opening your graves, and I will bring you up from your graves, my people, and I will bring you to the ground of Israel.
