FE ey Oe » when God ſpeaks. e Eicher according to the purport of my Pro-| hecy, or rather, during the tine, or while.I was propheſying; or l ſoon as I prophelied. f Thuader ſay ſome; others more likely, the Noiſe was the. ratling of the Bones in their Motion ; ſuch Noiſe they could not bur make where multitudes of them heaped, or laid rogether, diſperſe and roll! themſelves from one to other, till they meet their fellow Bones. g There was 2 rrembling or Commortion a- mong theſc Bones enough to make this Noiſe, and to manifeſt a Di- vins P:cſence 2nd Word from God workiag among them. þ Crepr, or with this ſhaking Morion glided nearer and nearer, till each Bone m:t the Bonero which it 'rwasto be tied.
2 And when 3 I] beheld &, lo, the ſinews and the fleſh came / up uponthem, and theskin covered them above ; but there was no breath » 11 them.
; The Noilc he heard would certainly make any one look and Con- ſider what 'twas. & Looked carefully, and heedfully obſerving. | Came gradually RY it ſelf, as what grows wider and longer. » Uopcrmoſt the Skin covere them. So here were Men 1n Skin, with Eleth, Sinews, Bones, bur like Adam before inſpired with the Breath of Life. n The Spirit of Life was yet wanting.
9 Then faid he 0 unto me p, Propheſie q unto the * || wind 7, propheſie, ſon of man, and fay to the wind, | - Thus faich the Lord GOD, Come from the four winds s, ! O breath, and breath upon theſe ſlain z, that they may hve #. es :
o The Lord God. p To Ezekiel viewing, and no doubt wondring at the fight. q Declare to that what my Will is. r Spirit Heb. and might be fo tendred, bur our Verſion hathir Wind, while the French hath it Spirit, 4. & the Soul, whoſe Emblem here 1s Wind, which, as it did gently blow upon theſe Lifeleſs Creatures, they received; each inſpired with its own Soul and Spirit. » Gather your ſelvesfrom all Quaiters of the Earth under Heaven; unite to your own Bodies; in- ſpire them once more. # By Sword of Enemy long ſince; ſome of themtheſe 70 Years. wu Revive and riſe,
10 So | propheſied x as he commanded me, and the breath y came = into them, and they lived 2 and ſtood up upon their feet, an exceeding great c army.
x See wer.. 7. let. c. y The Spirit Hcb. the Spirit of Life, or the Soul, Gin. 2. 7. # Entered, took up its abode. & Preſentiy diſco. vered, that they did live. 6 Roſe with Strength, able to ſupport
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| Chap. XXXVII.
irs Faſhion was, it muſt be but one.. « The Inſcription is not on!y commanded, . but the Words alſo in which 'Gs to be written. .x The Tribe, or poſſibly the Kingdom; if the latter, then the Companions mentioned will be ſuch as in proceſs of Time fe!] off from the Ten Tribes, and united with the Kingdom of the Houle of David; if the former, which is moſt likely, then y his Companions are Benjamin and Levi in part. 2 Who kept with the Tribe of Judah their Obedience to Davia's Seed. a When thou haſt written on the firſt Srick, then take 6 a ſecond Stick, ſuch as the firſt was. c He was Father of two Tribes, one of which was chief of the ten Tribes, and is therefore mentioned here. d Ephrain was the Son. of Joſeph, whom his Grand® father bleſt, and by Prophetick Spirit foretold, and promiſcd thar he ſhould be one of the chief ot all the Tribes; and Ephraim was moſt conſiderable ia the Kingdom of 1jr4e! when divided from the other ewo. e The other nine Tribes. f Who did ar firſt ſide, and have continued ſtill with Ephrarm. Some ſay Ephraim wasthe whole King. dom of the ten Tribes, and that his Companions were the Gentiles converted to the Faith of Chriſt, which I wiſh were wellproved.
17 And join g them one to another into one ſtick, and they ſhall become one in thine hand.
Z Some would have this done miraculouſly, but I do not think God bade the Propher work a Miracle; were it fo, God would rather have ſaid, I will make them one, for he can do Miracles; 'twas e- nough if glew'd together, or but held in his Hand, ſo that in his Hand they were one, |
18 And when h the children of thy ; people ſhall ſpeak unto thee, ſaying, Wilt & thou nor ſhew us what thou meaneſt by theſe ?
hb So ſoon as they enquire. 5 To whom thou art Warchman by Office, and nearof Kinby natural Deſcent, k There was ſome reaſon why they might doubt whether he would, becauſe they had carried it ſo frowardly toward him; therefore they requeſt it by an Interro- gatory, Wilt thou not ? We ſhall never know the meaning unleſs chon unfold it, wilt thou not do it then ?
I9 Say unto them, Thus ſaith the Lord GOD, Be. hold, I will take the ſtick of Joſeph / which « in the hand »2 of Ephraim, and the tribes of Iſrael his fellows », and will put them with him 0, even with the ſtick of Ju- dah, and make them one ſtick p, and they hall q be one in mine hand 7.
: On 'which Joſeph's Name is written, and which repreſents Joſeph.
themſelves. c A Power, ſo the Heb. or Army of ſtrong, couragious and well-ordered Soldiers. The Phraſe in the Hes. is very full. N Power or Hoſt great, very very great; thus they riſe, that the Propher , and we might know how fate in themſelves, and how terrible rhey j would be to their Enemies. | ® 11 Then he ſaid unto me, Sonof man, theſe bones are © the whole d houſe of Iſrael : behold, they fay e, Our * bones are dried f, and our hope is loſt g; weare cut off fo! = Our parts, : ZE 4 The Hieroglyphick, or Emblem of the Houſe of 7/-ae!. e Think, diſcourſe and conclude. f Their State as hopeleſs, as far from Reco- | very, as dried Bones,ſcattered abroad firſt, and undiſtinguiſh d heaped | vp at laſh, are from Life. g The hope, not that falſe Prophers gave us; | bur that the true Prophets propoſed to us, 1s utterly loſt, and we are | out of all expeQtation of Recovery.
12 Therefore propheſie 5, and ſay unto them 7, Thus ſich the Lord GOD, Behold &, * O my people, I will open your graves /, and cauſe you to come up out #2 of your graves, and bring you » into the land of Iſrael.