Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ezekiel 37:5-6

"Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live. And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah." — Ezekiel 37:5-6 (ASV)

He had to tell these bones the unconditional purposes and promises of God: "I will," and "you shall;" and this is the way in which God works out his eternal purposes concerning the sons of men. He commands his servants to proclaim his message, and then he fulfills his own purposes and promises.