Ezekiel 37:9 (YLT)

Passage

And He saith unto me: `Prophesy unto the Spirit, prophesy, son of man, and thou hast said unto the Spirit: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: From the four winds come in, O Spirit, and breathe on these slain, and they do live.'

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 37:7 And I have prophesied as I have been commanded, and there is a noise, as I am prophesying, and lo, a rushing, and draw near do the bones, bone unto its bone.

Ezekiel 37:8 And I beheld, and lo, on them <FI>are<Fi> sinews, and flesh hath come up, and cover them doth skin over above--and spirit there is none in them.

Ezekiel 37:9 And He saith unto me: `Prophesy unto the Spirit, prophesy, son of man, and thou hast said unto the Spirit: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: From the four winds come in, O Spirit, and breathe on these slain, and they do live.'

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "saith", "prophesy", "thou", "hast", and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And I beheld and lo on them..." into verse 10's "And I have prophesied as He commanded...", so "Spirit" and "saith" 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 "Spirit" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.