Dry Bones must rise again in prayers

God carries the prophet Ezekiel into a valley filled with scattered, very dry human bones, representing the House of Israel when they felt their hope was lost and their nation was dead. God asks Ezekiel, "Son of man, can these bones live?" and instructs him to prophesy to the bones. As Ezekiel speaks, the bones rattle and come together, getting covered in tendons, flesh, and skin. God then breathes life (spirit) into them, and they stand up as a vast, living army. Key Verses • Ezekiel 37:4–5 (NKJV): "Again He said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, “O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God to these bones: ‘Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.’”’" • Ezekiel 37:10 (NKJV): "So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly