Bible Strands
Ezekiel 37:6
I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD addresses a vision of dry bones through Ezekiel, speaking directly to the lifeless remains during a prophetic act of national restoration.
The words — גִּדִים (gi.Dim) denotes "sinews" or "tendons," and בָּשָׂר (ba.Sar) means "flesh," specifying the anatomical layers restored in the sequence of reconstruction.
The thread — The formula "Then you will know that I am the LORD" appears in Joel 2:27, Joel 3:17, and Isaiah 49:23 to mark moments of divine intervention and covenant recognition.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to acknowledge God as the direct agent of physical restoration and life, demanding a response of recognition rather than mere observation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Cross-references
- Joel 2:27 Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
- Isaiah 49:23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
- Joel 3:17 Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
- Ezekiel 37:14 I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”
- 1 Kings 20:28 Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- Ezekiel 6:7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 34:27 The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.
- Ezekiel 35:9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 35:12 Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’
- Ezekiel 38:23 I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.