Will These Dry Bones Live?
He Asked Me, "Son of Man, Can These Bones Live?" I Said, "O Sovereign Lord, You Alone Know." Then He Said to Me, "Prophesy to These Bones and Say to Them, `Dry...
He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" I said, "O Sovereign LORD, you alone know." Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, `Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.
What does dry bones come alive mean?
Songfacts®: This song comes from the Bible passage Ezekiel 37, where the prophet visits the Valley of Dry Bones and causes them to become alive by God's command.
Why did God ask Ezekiel these bones live?
He is essentially asking him if he had faith in Him to restore the bones. ... God, seeing his son's immense faith in Him, gives Ezekiel the authority to speak life over the bones. And through the words of the Lord spoken by Ezekiel, the bones came back to life and have breath in them once more.