PARABLE OF THE DRY BONES: Ezekiel had a vision of a valley full of very dry bones. God told Ezekiel to speak to these dry bones that they come together, then that they would breathe. The regeneration came in stages. Prophecy needed to continue to come. The people cried 'We are cut off' (dead), God promises to put His Spirit within His people & they will live. Then He will settle them in their own land. Then they will know.