Ezekiel 37 – The Valley of the Dry Bones... valley is symbolic of the wilderness, or the world. 2019

Ezek 37:1
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.

Elohim is giving Ezekiel a vision. In order to do this, Elohim had to take Ezekiel from captivity in Babylon to the valley of dead bones. The valley is symbolic of the wilderness, or the world.

Ezek 37:2
And He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry.

Ezekiel was in a desert that apparently was more desolate and fearsome than Death Valley, California. This valley was filled with dead bones. They were very dried and scattered everywhere.

Ezek 37:3
And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, Thou knowest."

Ezekiel knows that if Elohim wants these bones to live, then they will.

Ezek 37:4
Again He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.'

Elohim wants Ezekiel to speak to these dry bones.

Ezek 37:5
"Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.

Ezek 37:6
'And I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin, and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the LORD.'"

This is a picture of the regathering of Israel. The resurrection is symbolically used to represent the worldwide regathering of Israel back to the Land.
Ezekiel was a priest that began prophesying five years after he was taken captive in Babylon at about the age of thirty. He was speaking in perhaps the darkest days the nation of Israel had ever seen up to that time. Elohim is going to give Ezekiel a vision of hope (expectation) for the future: The Valley of the Dry Bones...