Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
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Ezekiel 37:3-7
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871) (public domain).
I . . . cause breath to enter into you--So Isa 26:19, containing the same vision, refers primarily to Israel's restoration. Compare as to God's renovation of the earth and all its creatures hereafter by His breath, Psa 104:30. ye shall live--come to life again.
Other Bible passages linked to this one, most cited first.
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
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