Ezekiel 37:1

The hand ¹  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and placed ²  me in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones.

1Ki 18:12; 2Ki 2:16; Eze 1:3; Eze 3:14,22; Eze 8:3; Eze 11:24; Eze 33:22; Eze 40:1; Lu 4:1; Ac 8:39; Re 1:10

¹ tn Or “power.”

sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

² tn Heb “caused me to rest.”