Ezekiel 37: Group Study Handout

How to use: read Ezekiel 37 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.

Overview

Yahweh’s hand is upon Ezekiel, and He brings him to a valley filled with very dry bones (vv. 1-2). Yahweh asks Ezekiel if these bones can live, to which Ezekiel replies that only Yahweh knows (vv.

Key verse

“I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live. Then I will place you in your own land; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it and performed it,” says Yahweh.’”
Ezekiel 37:14 (WEB)

Outline

Ezekiel 37:1–3 The Vision of Dry Bones
Ezekiel 37:4–10 Prophesying to the Bones
Ezekiel 37:11–14 Interpretation of the Vision
Ezekiel 37:15–20 Joining the Two Sticks
Ezekiel 37:21–23 The Gathering of Israel
Ezekiel 37:24–27 David as King
Ezekiel 37:28 God's Presence Among Israel

Discussion questions

In v2, what condition does Ezekiel observe about the bones in the valley?
In v11, what do the bones say about their situation, stating, 'Our hope is lost'?
The command to 'prophesy to the wind' in v9: what might this suggest about the source of life?
The joining of the two sticks in vv. 16-17: what does this act say about Israel's future unity?
When have you felt like the dry bones, experiencing a time of feeling 'completely cut off'?

Go deeper

Passages that echo Ezekiel 37: 2 Corinthians 6, Ezekiel 36, Jeremiah 31.

Before next time: read Ezekiel 38.