Hymns · 1762

Hear, ye dry bones, and feel

Details

Hymnal / album Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2

Publisher Farley

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Notes Originally titled “O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, &c.”—[Ezek.] xxxvii. 4, 5. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 59.

Scripture connections

Expository

This passage is the main idea of the song

Ezekiel 37:4-6

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Ezekiel 37:9-10

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Genesis 2:7

Lyrics

Verse 1
Hear ye dry bones, and feel (Ezek. 37:4)
The word of truth and grace:
I will in you myself reveal,
I will your spirits raise;
(Jehovah speaks the word)
The promise is for you,
Ye shall be gradually restor’d,
And fashion’d all anew: (Ezek. 37:5)

Verse 2
Cover’d with flesh and skin (Ezek. 37:6)
Ye shall your Saviour know,
And find the breath of life within, (Ezek. 37:6, Ezek. 37:9-10)
Which I on all bestow: (Gen. 2:7)
The joyful news receive,
The grace to sinners given,
The knowledge of your Lord, and live
The sinless life of heaven.