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Again he said to me, Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, you dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh.
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Speaking for God
Multiple commentators clarify that "prophesy" here does not mean predicting the future. Instead, it carries its original sense of speaking on God's behalf. Ezekiel is commanded to be a conduit for God's inspired, life-giving word directly to a hopeless situation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Prophesy - Not in the sense of predicting what was to happen, but simply in the sense of speaking under the inspiration of God. In Ezekiel 3…
19th Century
Anglican
Prophesy upon these bones. —“Prophesy” is here used (as frequently) in its original sense of “speak on God’s behalf,” and does not…
Baptist
We have heard of a Roman Catholic who had, as a penance from his priest, to go and water a dry stick. Ezekiel's task of preaching to dry bones seem…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Again he said to me, prophesy upon these bones Or, "over these bones" F20 ; or, "concerning these bones" …
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 …
