EZEKIEL 37:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.”
God commands Ezekiel to prophesy to the breath itself, calling it from the four winds to enter the slain so that they may live—a command that personifies the breath and treats it as a responding agent of God's will. The four winds suggest universality and divine omnipresence; the breath comes from all directions because it originates from God's throne and pervades all creation. This invocation of the wind-spirit recalls Pentecost imagery and the gift of the Holy Spirit at Israel's new beginning. The second prophetic command mirrors the first, but now addresses not the material framework but the animating principle itself. Ezekiel's prophetic voice becomes the instrument through which the Spirit is summoned to indwell the restored people.
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