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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/37.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/37.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/37.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When this happens, O my people, you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/37.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/37.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And ye shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/37.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then you shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/37.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then you will know [with confidence] that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves and made you come up out of your graves, My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will know that I am the LORD, my people, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will know that I am Yahweh, My people, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, O my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and when that happens, you will realize that I am the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, O my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then, my people, you will know that I am the LORD, because I will open your graves and bring you out of your graves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When I open the graves where my people are buried and bring them out, they will know that I am the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then you'll learn that I am the LORD, when I've opened your graves and caused you to come up out of them, my people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you out of your graves,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You will know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, my people. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have known that I [am] YHWH, "" In My opening your graves, "" And in My bringing you up out of your graves, O My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And ye have known that I am Jehovah, In My opening your graves, And in My bringing you up out of your graves, O My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And ye knew that I was Jehovah in my opening your graves and in my bringing you up from your graves, O my People.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have opened your sepulchres, and shall have brought you out of your graves, O my people: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have opened your sepulchers, and when I will have led you away from your tombs, O my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and make you come up out of them, my people!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves and brought you up out of them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH, when I have opened your graves and when I have brought you out from your graves<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, O My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, that I may bring up my people from <i>their</i> graves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=11062" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/37.htm">The Valley of Dry Bones</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">Then you, My people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: wî·ḏa‘·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">will know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">am the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: bə·p̄iṯ·ḥî (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 1cs) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">when I open</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6913.htm" title="6913: qiḇ·rō·w·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A grave, sepulcher. Or qibrah; from qabar; a sepulchre.">your graves</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ū·ḇə·ha·‘ă·lō·w·ṯî (Conj-w, Prep-b:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">and bring you up</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6913.htm" title="6913: miq·qiḇ·rō·w·ṯê·ḵem (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A grave, sepulcher. Or qibrah; from qabar; a sepulchre.">from them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>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.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28-29</a></span><br />Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a></span><br />And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></span><br />Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">1 Corinthians 15:52</a></span><br />in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a></span><br />And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12-13</a></span><br />And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. / The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16</a></span><br />For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Hosea 13:14</a></span><br />I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-31.htm">Matthew 22:31-32</a></span><br />But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you: / ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Philippians 3:21</a></span><br />who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/24-15.htm">Acts 24:15</a></span><br />and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/25-8.htm">Isaiah 25:8</a></span><br />He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-14.htm">2 Corinthians 4:14</a></span><br />knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-39.htm">John 6:39-40</a></span><br />And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day. / For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/37-6.htm">Ezekiel 37:6</a></b></br> 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 <i>am</i> the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-62.htm">Ezekiel 16:62</a></b></br> And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I <i>am</i> the LORD:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/126-2.htm">Psalm 126:2,3</a></b></br> Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/37-2.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Graves</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-29.htm">Making</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Open</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-22.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Resting-Places</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/37-14.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-7.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-11.htm">Graves</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-17.htm">Making</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-5.htm">Open</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-11.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-11.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/daniel/11-11.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/daniel/4-21.htm">Resting-Places</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 37</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/37-1.htm">By the resurrection of dry bones</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/37-11.htm">the dead hope of Israel is revived</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/37-15.htm">By the uniting of two sticks</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/37-18.htm">is shown the incorporation of Israel into Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/37-21.htm">The promises of Christ's kingdom</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/37.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/37.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then you, My people,</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the covenant relationship between God and the Israelites. The term "My people" reflects the special bond and chosen status of Israel as God's nation, as seen in <a href="/exodus/6-7.htm">Exodus 6:7</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a>. It underscores the personal and collective identity of the Israelites as belonging to God, highlighting His commitment to them despite their exile and current state of despair.<p><b>will know that I am the LORD,</b><br>The knowledge of God as LORD (Yahweh) is a recurring theme in Ezekiel, emphasizing His sovereignty and faithfulness. This knowledge is not merely intellectual but experiential, involving recognition of God's power and authority. It connects to the broader biblical narrative where God reveals Himself through acts of deliverance, such as the Exodus (<a href="/exodus/14-4.htm">Exodus 14:4</a>). This phrase also points to the ultimate revelation of God through Jesus Christ, who embodies God's presence and power (<a href="/john/14-9.htm">John 14:9</a>).<p><b>when I open your graves</b><br>The imagery of opening graves signifies a dramatic act of divine intervention and restoration. In the context of Ezekiel, it symbolizes the end of exile and the renewal of Israel as a nation. This metaphor of resurrection prefigures the New Testament understanding of resurrection, as seen in <a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a>, where Jesus speaks of Himself as the resurrection and the life. It also reflects the hope of physical and spiritual renewal.<p><b>and bring you up from them.</b><br>This phrase completes the resurrection imagery, indicating a return to life and restoration. Historically, it points to the return from Babylonian exile, but prophetically, it foreshadows the ultimate resurrection of believers at the end of time (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">1 Corinthians 15:52</a>). It also serves as a type of Christ's resurrection, which is the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20</a>), offering hope of eternal life to all who believe.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is the one receiving and conveying God's message in this passage.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal existence and faithfulness to His promises. He is the one performing the action of opening graves and bringing people up.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>Referred to as "My people," they are the primary audience of this prophecy. They are in exile and experiencing a form of spiritual and national death.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_valley_of_dry_bones.htm">The Valley of Dry Bones</a></b><br>The vision preceding this verse, where Ezekiel sees a valley full of dry bones, symbolizing the spiritual and national death of Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The historical context of this prophecy, where the Israelites were taken captive and removed from their homeland, feeling cut off and hopeless.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_power.htm">God's Sovereignty and Power</a></b><br>God demonstrates His ultimate authority over life and death, affirming His power to restore and redeem His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_despair.htm">Hope in Despair</a></b><br>Even in the darkest situations, God promises restoration and life. Believers can trust in God's ability to bring life to seemingly hopeless circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_resurrection.htm">Spiritual Resurrection</a></b><br>This passage foreshadows the spiritual resurrection believers experience through faith in Christ, moving from death in sin to life in the Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>God's actions are rooted in His covenant promises. He remains faithful to His people, even when they are unfaithful.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/recognition_of_god.htm">Recognition of God</a></b><br>The ultimate purpose of God's actions is that His people will know Him as the LORD. Our lives should reflect a growing knowledge and relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 37</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_was_david's_child_punished.htm">Why did God punish David and Bathsheba's child?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_ezekiel_37_12-14's_fulfillment.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological evidence that Ezekiel 37:12-14 was fulfilled by actual physical resurrections in Israel's past?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_psalm_74_9_and_other_texts_align.htm">In Psalm 74:9, the claim of having no prophet conflicts with other biblical texts that record active prophets around that era--how can both accounts be true?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_102_lack_historical_context.htm">Why does Psalm 102 speak of Zion's restoration without any clear historical fulfillment during the time it was written?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then you, My people,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמִּֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will know</span><br /><span class="heb">וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(wî·ḏa‘·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">am the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when I open</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּפִתְחִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·p̄iṯ·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm">Strong's 6605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your graves</span><br /><span class="heb">קִבְרֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(qiḇ·rō·w·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6913.htm">Strong's 6913: </a> </span><span class="str2">A grave, sepulcher</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bring you up</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְהַעֲלוֹתִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ha·‘ă·lō·w·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from them.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקִּבְרוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(miq·qiḇ·rō·w·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6913.htm">Strong's 6913: </a> </span><span class="str2">A grave, sepulcher</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Ezekiel 37:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Ezekiel 37:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Ezekiel 37:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Ezekiel 37:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Ezekiel 37:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Ezekiel 37:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Ezekiel 37:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Ezekiel 37:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Ezekiel 37:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Ezekiel 37:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/37-13.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 37:13 You shall know that I am Yahweh (Ezek. 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