The Valley of Dry Bones
1The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones. 2He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry.
- EZK 37:1[NOTABLE]Nothing is too dead for God. His word and His Spirit bring life to what looks hopeless.
3Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?”
“O Lord Yahweh,” I replied, “only You know.”
4And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh! 5This is what the Lord Yahweh says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life. 6I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.’”
- EZK 37:5[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → REV 11:11
7So I prophesied as I had been commanded. And as I prophesied, there was suddenly a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
9Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord Yahweh says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”
- EZK 37:9[NOTE]BREATH, WIND, SPIRIT. One Hebrew word, ruach, means all three, and it runs through the chapter. Jesus breathed on His disciples and said, Receive the Holy Spirit, John 20:22.
10So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.
- EZK 37:10[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → REV 11:11
11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
- EZK 37:11[PROPHECY]The dry bones are Israel; God would open their graves and bring them back to the land → HISTORY: After the Holocaust killed about six million Jews, Israel was founded May 14, 1948. Many Christians see this here.MEDIUM
12Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord Yahweh 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. 13Then you, My people, will know that I am Yahweh, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. 14I 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, Yahweh, have spoken, and I will do it, declares Yahweh.’”
One Nation with One King
15Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 16“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’ 17Then join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand.
- EZK 37:15[ARCHAEOLOGY]The Masada Ezekiel scroll has chapters 35 to 38, see The Ezekiel Scrolls Field Notes page
18When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’ 19you are to tell them that this is what the Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’
20When the sticks on which you write are in your hand and in full view of the people, 21you are to tell them that this is what the Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land. 22I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.
- EZK 37:21[PROPHECY]God would take the Israelites out of the nations and bring them into their own land → HISTORY: Jews came home from Babylon after 538 BC and from many nations after May 14, 1948. Found in the Cyrus Cylinder and Israel's Declaration.MEDIUM
- EZK 37:22[PROPHECY]Israel and Judah would be one nation under one king, never divided again → STILL TO COMEMEDIUM
23They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. 24My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
- EZK 37:23[DEMONIC]They will no longer defile themselves with idols
- EZK 37:23[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → TIT 2:14
- EZK 37:24[PROPHECY]David My servant would be their king forever → LK 1:32-33
25They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever. 26And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever. 27My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people. 28Then the nations will know that I Yahweh sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”