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He said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? I answered, Lord Yahweh, you know.
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A Question for Us, Not God
Commentators explain that God's question, "Can these bones live?" was not for His own information. It was designed to make Ezekiel confront the utter human impossibility of the situation. This forces the prophet, and us, to move beyond human reason and rely completely on God's omnipotence for things that seem hopeless.
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Ezekiel
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19th Century
Anglican
Can these bones live?—The question is put to the prophet in order to emphasize the human impossibility of what is immedia…
Baptist
God did not ask this question for His own information, but for the prophet's. The Lord wanted him to realize the difficulties of the work to which …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said to me, son of man, can these bones live ?
&c.] Is there any probability of it? Is there any reason to …
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Presbyterian
No created power could restore human bones to life. God alone could cause them to live. Skin and flesh covered them, and the wind was then told to …
