Ezekiel 37:10
Good News Translation
So I prophesied as I had been told. Breath entered the bodies, and they came to life and stood up. There were enough of them to form an army.

New Revised Standard Version
I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast multitude.

Contemporary English Version
As soon as I said this, the wind blew among the bodies, and they came back to life! They all stood up, and there were enough to make a large army.

New American Bible
I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath entered them; they came to life and stood on their feet, a vast army.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I prophesied as he had commanded me: and the spirit came into them, and they lived: and they stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I prophesied as he had commanded me: and the spirit came into them, and they lived: and they stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

the breath

Psalm 104:30 Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Revelation 11:11 And after three days and a half, the spirit of life from God entered into them. And they stood upon their feet: and great fear fell upon them that saw them.

Revelation 20:4,5 And I saw seats. And they sat upon them: and judgment was given unto them. And the souls of them that were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God and who had not adored the beast nor his image nor received his character on their foreheads or in their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. . . .

Context
The Valley of Dry Bones
9And he said to me: Prophesy to the spirit, prophesy, O son of man, and say to the spirit: Thus saith the Lord God: Come, spirit, from the four winds, and blow upon these slain, and let them live again. 10And I prophesied as he had commanded me: and the spirit came into them, and they lived: and they stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.11And he said to me: Son of man: All these bones are the house of Israel: they say: Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost, and we are cut off.…
Cross References
Revelation 11:11
And after three days and a half, the spirit of life from God entered into them. And they stood upon their feet: and great fear fell upon them that saw them.

Jeremiah 30:19
And out of them shall come forth praise, and the voice of them that play: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be made few: and I will glorify them, and they shall not be lessened.

Jeremiah 33:22
As the stars of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea be measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites my ministers.

Ezekiel 12:7
I did therefore as he had commanded me: I brought forth my goods by day, as the goods of one that removeth: and in the evening I digged through the wall with my hand, and I went forth in the dark, and was carried on men's shoulders in their sight.

Ezekiel 37:5
Thus saith the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will send spirit into you, and you shall live.

Ezekiel 37:9
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