'Bones' in the Bible
I will also lay the dead bodies of the sons of Israel in front of their idols; and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
Put in it the pieces,Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;Fill it with choice bones.
“Take the choicest of the flock,And also pile wood under the pot.Make it boil vigorously.Also seethe its bones in it.”
“Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,Boil the flesh wellAnd mix in the spices,And let the bones be burned.
Nor do they lie beside the fallen heroes of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and whose swords were laid under their heads; but the punishment for their iniquity rested on their bones, though the terror of these heroes was once in the land of the living.
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.
He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, You know.”
Again He said to me, “Prophesy over these bones and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.’
Thus says the Lord God to these bones, ‘Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.
So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.’