Ezekiel 37:12 (KJV)

Passage

Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 37:10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

Ezekiel 37:11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

Ezekiel 37:12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 37:13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

Ezekiel 37:14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "prophesy", "thus", "saith", "lord", "behold", "people", and "open". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "prophesy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Then he said unto me Son of..." into verse 13's "And ye shall know that I am...", so "therefore" and "prophesy" 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 "therefore" and "prophesy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.