Ezekiel 37:6 (ASV)

Passage

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 am Jehovah.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.

Ezekiel 37:5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.

Ezekiel 37:6 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 am Jehovah.

Ezekiel 37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

Ezekiel 37:8 And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sinews", "upon", "bring", "flesh", "cover", "skin", and "breath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sinews" and "upon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these..." into verse 7's "So I prophesied as I was commanded...", so "sinews" and "upon" belong inside that flow. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sinews" and "upon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.