Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
Our bones are dried - (Psalms 141:7) explained by "our hope is lost" (Isaiah 49:14); our national state is as hopeless of resuscitation as marrowless bones are of re-animation.
Cut off for our parts - i:e., so far as we are concerned. There is nothing in us to give hope, like a withered branch "cut off" from a tree, or a limb from the body.