...only a poetical representation of the restoration of captivity. It is expressly said in the latter, " son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel...bones are dried, and our hope is lost, we are cut off from our parts. Therefore prophecy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, behold, oh my people,...

...applied, verse 11; These bones are the whole house of Israel; j. e, the Jews, and all the other tribes. Therefore prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold. 0 my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come out of your graves, and bring you info...

...they rashly and positively conclude, that he never •will. They say, as the house of Israel did, " Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost ; we are cut z Job vi. 4. * Job xxxi 23. b 1's. Ixxxviii. 15, JU-. * isa. xxxv. 11. li. * isa. xxxviii. 1$off for...

...the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. 1 1 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are...our hope is lost : we are cut off" for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD ; Behold, O my people, I will open...

...prophet Ezekiel holds up this doctrine in hia xxxviith chap, from the ISthver. "therefore prophecy and say unto them, thus saith the Lord God, behold...my people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel ; and ye shall know that I am the...

...Ezekiel holds up this doctrine in his xxxviith c/iap. from the ISthver. "therefore prophecy and say anto them, thus saith the Lord God, behold O my people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel ; aud ye shall know that I am the...

...God unto these bones, Behold, I " will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live." — — " Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the " whole house of Israel." Kzek. xxxvii. Hark ! white-rob'd crowds their deep hosannas raise, And the hoarse flood repeats the...

...so dispersed through that vast empire, that they said of themselves, in the language of despair, " Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost ; we are cut off for our parts." Even the Prophet himself looked on their case as so irrecoverable by human means, that, when God gave...

...our hope is lost, we are cut off for our parts.' Ver. 12. ' Therefore prophesy unto them, and say, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you come up out of your graves, and bring you unto the land of Israel ' These promises are not wind, but...

...by them, round about; and behold they " were many in the open valley, and lo ! they " were very dry, then he said unto me, Son of «« man, these bones are the whole house of Is" rael ! behold they say, our bones are dried, " and our hope is lost; we are cut off for our " parts."...