Ezekiel 37:5-6

37:5 This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath 1  into you and you will live. 37:6 I will put tendons 2  on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath 3  in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Ezekiel 37:8-10

37:8 As I watched, I saw 4  tendons on them, then muscles appeared, 5  and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath 6  in them.

37:9 He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, 7  – prophesy, son of man – and say to the breath: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.’” 37:10 So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army.

1 tn Heb “I am about to bring a spirit.”

2 tn The exact physiological meaning of the term is uncertain. In addition to v. 8, the term occurs only in Gen 32:33; Job 10:11; 40:17; and Jer 48:4.

3 tn Or “a spirit.”

4 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

5 tn Heb “came up.”

6 tn Or “spirit.”

7 tn Or “spirit,” and several times in this verse.