<h3>The Valley of Dry Bones</h3>37 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” 4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. 6 And I will lay sinews upon 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.” 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army. 11 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 is lost; we are indeed cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. 14 And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.” <h3>I Will Be Their God; They Shall Be My People</h3> 15 The word of the Lord came to me: 16 “Son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah, and the people of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.’ 17 And join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand. 18 And when your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ 19 say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am about to take the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, that they may be one in my hand. 20 When the sticks on which you write are in your hand before their eyes, 21 then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and bring them to their own land. 22 And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. And one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. 23 They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 24 “My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there forever, and David my servant shall be their prince forever. 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 Then the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”

Ezekiel 37:1

<cr>1</cr>The hand of the Lord was upon me, and <cr>2</cr>he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley;<ft>1</ft> it was full of bones.

And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry.

Ezekiel 37:2

And he said to me, <cr>1</cr>“Son of man, <cr>2</cr>can these bones live?” And <cr>3</cr>I answered, “O Lord God, you know.”

Ezekiel 37:3

Then he said to me, <cr>1</cr>“Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, <cr>2</cr>O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

Ezekiel 37:4

Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause <cr>1</cr>breath<ft>1</ft> to enter you, and you shall live.

Ezekiel 37:5

<cr>1</cr>And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and <cr>2</cr>cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, <cr>3</cr>and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 37:6

So I prophesied <cr>1</cr>as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, <cr>2</cr>a rattling,<ft>1</ft> and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

Ezekiel 37:7

And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But <cr>1</cr>there was no breath in them.

Ezekiel 37:8

Then he said to me, <cr>1</cr>“Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, <cr>2</cr>son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from <cr>3</cr>the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”

Ezekiel 37:9

So I prophesied <cr>1</cr>as he commanded me, and <cr>2</cr>the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

Ezekiel 37:10

Then he said to me, <cr>1</cr>“Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and <cr>2</cr>our hope is lost; <cr>3</cr>we are indeed cut off.’

Ezekiel 37:11

Therefore <cr>1</cr>prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, <cr>2</cr>I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And <cr>3</cr>I will bring you into the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 37:12

And <cr>1</cr>you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people.

Ezekiel 37:13

And <cr>1</cr>I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; <cr>2</cr>I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.”

Ezekiel 37:14

I Will Be Their God; They Shall Be My People

Ezekiel 37:15

<cr>1</cr>“Son of man, <cr>2</cr>take a stick<ft>1</ft> and write on it, ‘For <cr>3</cr>Judah, and <cr>4</cr>the people of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For <cr>5</cr>Joseph (the stick of <cr>6</cr>Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.’

Ezekiel 37:16

And <cr>1</cr>join them one to another into one stick, that <cr>2</cr>they may become <cr>3</cr>one in your hand.

Ezekiel 37:17

And when <cr>1</cr>your people say to you, <cr>2</cr>‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’

Ezekiel 37:18

say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am about to take <cr>1</cr>the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the <cr>2</cr>stick of Judah,<ft>1</ft> and <cr>3</cr>make them one stick, <cr>4</cr>that they may be one in my hand.

Ezekiel 37:19

When the sticks on which you write are in your hand <cr>1</cr>before their eyes,

Ezekiel 37:20

then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, <cr>1</cr>I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and <cr>2</cr>bring them to their own land.

Ezekiel 37:21

And <cr>1</cr>I will make them one nation in the land, on <cr>2</cr>the mountains of Israel. And <cr>3</cr>one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer <cr>4</cr>two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms.

Ezekiel 37:22

<cr>1</cr>They shall not <cr>2</cr>defile themselves anymore <cr>3</cr>with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But <cr>4</cr>I will save them from all the backslidings<ft>1</ft> in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and <cr>5</cr>they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 37:23

“My servant <cr>1</cr>David <cr>2</cr>shall be king over them, and they shall all have <cr>3</cr>one shepherd. <cr>4</cr>They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes.

Ezekiel 37:24

<cr>1</cr>They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there <cr>2</cr>forever, and David my servant shall be their prince <cr>3</cr>forever.

Ezekiel 37:25

<cr>1</cr>I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be <cr>2</cr>an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land<ft>1</ft> and <cr>3</cr>multiply them, and will <cr>4</cr>set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.

Ezekiel 37:26

<cr>1</cr>My dwelling place shall be with them, <cr>2</cr>and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Ezekiel 37:27

Then <cr>1</cr>the nations will know that <cr>2</cr>I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when <cr>3</cr>my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”

Ezekiel 37:28

 1  The hand of the Lord was upon me, and  he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley;  it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me,  “Son of man,  can these bones live?” And  I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” 4 Then he said to me,  “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them,  O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause  breath  to enter you, and you shall live. 6  And I will lay sinews upon 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.” 7 So I prophesied  as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold,  a rattling,  and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But  there was no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me,  “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy,  son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from  the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” 10 So I prophesied  as he commanded me, and  the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army. 11 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 is lost;  we are indeed cut off.’ 12 Therefore  prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold,  I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And  I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And  you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. 14 And  I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord;  I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.” 15 The word of the Lord came to me: 16  “Son of man,  take a stick  and write on it, ‘For  Judah, and  the people of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For  Joseph (the stick of  Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.’ 17 And  join them one to another into one stick, that  they may become  one in your hand. 18 And when  your people say to you,  ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ 19 say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am about to take  the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the  stick of Judah,  and  make them one stick,  that they may be one in my hand. 20 When the sticks on which you write are in your hand  before their eyes, 21 then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold,  I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and  bring them to their own land. 22 And  I will make them one nation in the land, on  the mountains of Israel. And  one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer  two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. 23  They shall not  defile themselves anymore  with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But  I will save them from all the backslidings  in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and  they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 24 “My servant  David  shall be king over them, and they shall all have  one shepherd.  They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25  They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there  forever, and David my servant shall be their prince  forever. 26  I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be  an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land  and  multiply them, and will  set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27  My dwelling place shall be with them,  and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 Then  the nations will know that  I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when  my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”

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