“Therefore,
Prophesy!
Say to them!
Thus says Yahweh God!
‘I am going to
Open your graves.
I will bring you up
From your graves.
O my people!
I will bring you back
Into the land of Israel.
You shall know
That I am Yahweh,
When I open your graves.
I will bring you up
From your graves.
O my people!
I will put
My Spirit
Within you.
You shall live.
I will place you
On your own soil.
Then you shall know
That I,
Yahweh,
Have spoken.
I have done it.’
Says Yahweh.”
Yahweh, via Ezekiel tried to bring hope to the captured Israelites. He told Ezekiel to tell them that Yahweh, their God, was going to open up their graves and bring them back from the grave. Is this an indication of a personal resurrection? He was going to bring them back to life to live in the land of Israel, on their own soil. Yahweh then repeated himself. Then his people would know that he put his Spirit in them. They would finally realize that Yahweh had spoken and done this.