Where in Ezekiel 37 do the dry bones come to life and where does the interpretation begin?
In Ezekiel 37, the dry bones come to life in the first ten verses. The interpretation then begins at verse 11, where the bones are identified as the whole house of Israel. The vision concerns Israelites or Jews scattered among the Gentile nations, pictured as being in their grave.
Les explains that Ezekiel 37 is a prophecy unique to the nation of Israel. The dry bones represent the Israelites, or Jews, out in the Gentile nations, which is their grave; they have no life while out of the land of promise. He notes that the dry bones finally come to life in those first ten verses, and then the interpretation begins in verse 11. At verse 11, the bones are identified as the whole house of Israel, who say their bones are dried, their hope is lost, and they are cut off. They have been out of the land thousands of years, almost without hope.
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
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Who or what do the dry bones in Ezekiel 37 represent?
The dry bones in Ezekiel 37 represent the whole house of Israel—the Jews scattered among the Gentile nations—and being outside the land of promise is their grave, where they have no life.