Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ezekiel 37:3

"And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest." — Ezekiel 37:3 (ASV)

God did not ask this question for His own information, but for the prophet's. The Lord wanted him to realize the difficulties of the work to which he was called, that he might be driven the more completely to rely upon God, and not upon himself.