Dry Bones
Ezekiel 37:1-14 [i] Ezekiel wrote about a vision he had of a valley full of dry bones. The old song “Dem Bones” tells the story of the bones coming together and coming to life. It is a remarkable and captivating picture, and even more importantly, it carries a message of hope, restoration and life! This message came from an extraordinary man. Ezekiel was from the family of a priest named Buzi. (Ezekiel 1:3) He was born in or around Jerusalem, but the Babylonians took him captive around eight years after Daniel and his friends were taken captive. From that time on, he lived in the country of the Babylonians. Ezekiel prophesied to the exiled Jewish people living in Babylon for more than 22 years. (Compare Ezekiel 1:2 with Ezekiel 29:17-21) His ministry started during Zedekiah’s reign, at which time his contemporary, Jeremiah, would have been ministering in Jerusalem. Ezekiel knew from the start that his message would not be received. In Ezekiel 3:7-9, God t