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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 37:11 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 37:11	Strong Concordance	Then he said [0559] unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], these bones [06106] are the whole house [01004] of Israel [03478]: behold, they say [0559], Our bones [06106] are dried [03001], and our hope [08615] is lost [06]: we are cut off [01504] for our parts.
	King James	Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Our bones are dried-- (Psa 141:7), explained by "our hope is lost" (Isa 49:14); our national state is as hopeless of resuscitation, as marrowless bones are of reanimation. cut off for our parts--that is, so far as we are concerned. There is nothing in us to give hope, like a withered branch "cut off" from a tree, or a limb from the body.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Our bones are dried-- (Psa 141:7), explained by "our hope is lost" (Isa 49:14); our national state is as hopeless of resuscitation, as marrowless bones are of reanimation.

cut off for our parts--that is, so far as we are concerned. There is nothing in us to give hope, like a withered branch "cut off" from a tree, or a limb from the body.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
We are cut off for our parts - That is, "as for us, we are cut off." The people had fallen into despair.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

We are cut off for our parts - That is, "as for us, we are cut off." The people had fallen into despair.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The whole house - The emblem of the house of Israel. Are dried - Our state is as hopeless, as far from recovery, as dried bones are from life.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

The whole house - The emblem of the house of Israel. Are dried - Our state is as hopeless, as far from recovery, as dried bones are from life.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
These bones are the whole house of Israel - That is, their state is represented by these bones; and their restoration to their own land is represented by the revivification of these bones.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

These bones are the whole house of Israel - That is, their state is represented by these bones; and their restoration to their own land is represented by the revivification of these bones.

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