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John Trapp on Ezekiel 37:11

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Ezekiel37:11

Ver. 11. Theſe bones are] That is, they ſignifie and betoken. And here we have the Accommodation or Application of the preceding Parable or Type: where alſo we may ſoon ſee, that this chapter is of the ſame ſubject and method with the former: only that which is there plainly, is here more elegantly diſcourſed; viz. the deplorable condition of the Iſraelites in Babylon, together with their wonderful deliverance and reſtitution in this and the three next verſes.

Our bones are dryed] We lye in Babylon as in a ſepulchre: we are buried alive, as it were; we are free among the dead, free of that company.

We are cut off for our parts] q. d. Let them hope as hope can: we have hanged up all our hopes now that the City and Temple are deſtroyed. Thus carnal confidence as it riſeth up into a corky, frothy hope, when it ſeeth ſufficient help: ſo it ſitteth down in a faithleſs, ſullen diſcontent and deſpair, when it can ſee no ſecond cauſes.

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