Ezekiel 37:1-14
The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out
by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley;
it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very
many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me,
“Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.”
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them:
O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to
these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.
I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you,
and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live;
and you shall know that I am the Lord.” So I prophesied as I had been
commanded; and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling,
and the bones came together, bone to its bone. I looked, and there were
sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered
them; but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy
to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the
Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these
slain, that they may live.” I prophesied as he commanded me, and the
breath came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast
multitude. Then he said to me, “Mortal, these bones are the whole house
of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are
cut off completely.’Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the
Lord God: I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your
graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.
And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and
bring you up from your graves, O my people. I will put my spirit within
you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then
you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act,” says the Lord.
by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley;
it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very
many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me,
“Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.”
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them:
O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to
these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.
I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you,
and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live;
and you shall know that I am the Lord.” So I prophesied as I had been
commanded; and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling,
and the bones came together, bone to its bone. I looked, and there were
sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered
them; but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy
to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the
Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these
slain, that they may live.” I prophesied as he commanded me, and the
breath came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast
multitude. Then he said to me, “Mortal, these bones are the whole house
of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are
cut off completely.’Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the
Lord God: I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your
graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.
And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and
bring you up from your graves, O my people. I will put my spirit within
you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then
you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act,” says the Lord.
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