Ezekiel 37:6 (GNV)

Passage

And I will lay sinewes vpon you, and make flesh growe vpon you, and couer you with skinne, and put breath in you, that ye may liue, and yee shall know that I am the Lord.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 37:4 Againe he sayde vnto me, Prophecie vpon these bones and say vnto them, O ye dry bones, heare the word of the Lord.

Ezekiel 37:5 Thus saith the Lord God vnto these bones, Behold, I wil cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall liue.

Ezekiel 37:6 And I will lay sinewes vpon you, and make flesh growe vpon you, and couer you with skinne, and put breath in you, that ye may liue, and yee shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 37:7 So I prophecied, as I was commanded: and as I prophecied, there was a noyse, and beholde, there was a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

Ezekiel 37:8 And when I beheld, loe, the sinewes, and the flesh grewe vpon them, and aboue, the skinne couered them, but there was no breath in them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sinewes", "vpon", "make", "flesh", "growe", "couer", and "skinne". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sinewes" and "vpon", 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 God vnto these..." into verse 7's "So I prophecied as I was commanded...", so "sinewes" and "vpon" 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 "sinewes" and "vpon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.