Ezequiel 37:12

Therefore: Job 35:14, Job 35:15

I will open: This is a pointed allusion to the resurrection; under which figure Isaiah - Isaiah 26:9 also describes the restoration of the house of Israel, when he says, "thy dead men shall live;" at which time their bones are said to flourish - Isaiah 66:14, or to be restored to their former strength and vigour; and, in like manner, St. Paul - Romans 11:15, expresses their conversion by "life from the dead." In the land of their captivity, they seemed as absolutely deprived of their country as persons committed to the grave are cut off from the land of the living; but when Cyrus issued his proclamation, Jehovah, as it were, opened their graves, and when he stirred up their spirits to embrace the proffered liberty, he put his Spirit within them, that they might live; and their re-establishment in their own land evinced the truth of God in the prediction, and his power in its accomplishment. Ezekiel 37:21, Isaiah 26:19, Isaiah 66:14, Hosea 6:2, Hosea 13:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, Revelation 20:13

and bring: Ezekiel 37:25, Ezekiel 28:25, Ezekiel 36:24, Ezra 1:1 -Ezra 2:70, Amos 9:14, Amos 9:15

Reciprocal: Psalms 71:20 - shalt bring Daniel 12:2 - many Luke 5:5 - we