[1] 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 midst of the valley; it was full of
bones. [2] And he led me round among them; and behold, there were very many
upon the valley; and lo, they were very dry. [3] And he said to me, "Son of
man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, thou knowest." [4]
Again he said to me, "Prophesy to 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 noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones
came together, bone to its bone. [8] And as I looked, 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 upon 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 upon their feet, an exceedingly great host.
[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 clean 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 home 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, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it, says 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 children of Israel associated with him';
then take another stick and write upon it, `For Joseph (the stick of
E'phraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him'; [17] and join
them together into one stick, that they may become one in your hand. [18]
And when your people say to you, `Will you not show 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 (which is in the hand of E'phraim) 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
sides, and bring them to their own land; [22] and I will make them one
nation in the land, upon 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 any more
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 follow my ordinances and be careful
to observe my statutes. [25] They shall dwell in the land where your
fathers dwelt that I gave to my servant Jacob; they and their children and
their children's children shall dwell there for ever; and David my servant
shall be their prince for ever. [26] I will make a covenant of peace with
them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will bless them
and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for
evermore. [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
the LORD sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary is in the midst of them for
evermore."

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