Ezekiel 37:12 (YLT)

Passage

Therefore, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am opening your graves, And have brought you up out of your graves, O My people, And brought you in unto the land of Israel.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 37:10 And I have prophesied as He commanded me, and the Spirit cometh into them, and they live, and stand on their feet--a very very great force.

Ezekiel 37:11 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; lo, they are saying: Dried up have our bones, And perished hath our hope, We have been cut off by ourselves.

Ezekiel 37:12 Therefore, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am opening your graves, And have brought you up out of your graves, O My people, And brought you in unto the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 37:13 And ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, In My opening your graves, And in My bringing you up out of your graves, O My people.

Ezekiel 37:14 And I have given My Spirit in you, and ye have lived, And I have caused you to rest on your land, And ye have known that I Jehovah, I have spoken, and I have done <FI>it<Fi> , An affirmation of Jehovah.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "prophesy", "thou", "hast", "said", "thus", and "lord". 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 "And He saith unto me Son of..." into verse 13's "And ye have known that I FI...", 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.