Ezekiel 37:3 (YLT)

Passage

And He saith unto me, `Son of man, do these bones live?' And I say, `O Lord Jehovah, Thou--Thou hast known.'

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 37:1 There hath been upon me a hand of Jehovah, and He taketh me forth in the Spirit of Jehovah, and doth place me in the midst of the valley, and it is full of bones,

Ezekiel 37:2 and He causeth me to pass over by them, all round about, and lo, very many <FI>are<Fi> on the face of the valley, and lo, very dry.

Ezekiel 37:3 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, do these bones live?' And I say, `O Lord Jehovah, Thou--Thou hast known.'

Ezekiel 37:4 And He saith unto me, `Prophesy concerning these bones, and thou hast said unto them: O dry bones, hear a word of Jehovah:

Ezekiel 37:5 Thus said the Lord Jehovah to these bones: Lo, I am bringing into you a spirit, and ye have lived,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saith", "bones", "live", "lord", "jehovah", "thou--thou", "hast", and "known". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saith" and "bones", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "and He causeth me to pass over..." into verse 4's "And He saith unto me Prophesy concerning...", so "saith" and "bones" 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 "saith" and "bones" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.