Ezekiel 37:1-2

The Lord lifted Ezekiel up by His Holy Spirit and transported him in a vision to the middle of a valley full of dry bones (cf. Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 8:1; Deuteronomy 28:25-26). This may have been the same valley (or plain, Heb. biq’a) in which Ezekiel saw his vision of God’s glory (cf. Ezekiel 3:22). In this vision, the prophet walked around among the many very dry bones that littered this valley. They represent the Israelites slain during the conquest of the land and now in exile for a very long time. [Note: Davidson, p. 267; Taylor, p. 234. Stuart, pp. 342-43, wrote a helpful description of ancient burial customs that illuminates this passage.]