Passage
He caused me to pass among them all around, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and behold, they were very dry.
Ezekiel 37:2 (LSB)
Nearby Context
Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of Yahweh and caused me to rest in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.
Ezekiel 37:2 He caused me to pass among them all around, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and behold, they were very dry.
Ezekiel 37:3 He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord Yahweh, You know.”
Ezekiel 37:4 Then He said to me, “Prophesy over these bones and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh.’
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "caused", "pass", "around", "behold", "very", "surface", and "valley". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "caused" and "pass", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 1's "The hand of Yahweh was upon me..." into verse 3's "He said to me Son of man...", so "caused" and "pass" 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 "caused" and "pass" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.