Season 9 • Episode 4
Ezekiel 37 & John 20
The Dry Bones
Story Time: Ezekiel in the Valley of Skeletons, The Rattling of Bone to Bone & The Four Winds of the Spirit
Dropped into a valley of sun-bleached skeletons, Ezekiel prophesies God's Word and calls for the breath of God (Hebrew: Ruach) until a vast army stands alive.
Theme Verse (Ezekiel 37:4–5): “Then he said to me, 'Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.'”
✦ Storytime Broadcast Player • S9E4
Ezekiel in the Valley of Skeletons, The Rattling of Bone to Bone & The Four Winds of the Spirit
Main Characters in S9E4 (2)
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Main Cast
Ezekiel the Prophet
Exiled priest-prophet in Babylon who was set down by the Spirit in a valley of sun-bleached skeletons and obeyed the command to prophesy to the dry bones and summon the four winds of breath until an exceedingly great army stood on its feet.
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Main Cast
The Valley of Dry Bones
The sun-bleached skeletons scattered across Ezekiel's vision plain — representing hopeless, exiled Israel — that rattled bone to bone at the spoken Word and stood as a mighty army when the breath of God entered them.
✦ Inspect DossierOriginal Greek & Hebrew Root Words in S9E4
Hebrew • H7307
Ruach — “Breath / Spirit”
Wind, breath, or invisible spirit—the exact word used when God's Spirit hovered over the waters (Genesis 1) and breathed life into Adam.
Greek • G3874
Paraklesis — “Encouragement”
Derived from parakaleo ('to call alongside'); a supernatural summons of comfort, exhortation, and courage.
Hebrew • H5012
Naba — “Prophesy”
To speak forth or bubble up under divine inspiration—declaring the heart, truth, and will of God into a present situation.