Ezekiel 37

1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.

2 He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry.

3 Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”

4 And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

5 This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.

6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

7 So I prophesied as I had been commanded. And as I prophesied, there was suddenly a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

8 As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.

9 Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”

10 So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.

11 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

12 Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

13 Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.

14 I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”

15 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

16 “And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’

17 Then join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand.

18 When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’

19 you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’

20 When the sticks on which you write are in your hand and in full view of the people,

21 you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.

22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.

23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

24 My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.

25 They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.

26 And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.

27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.

28 Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”

1 ¶ The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which [was] full of bones,

2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, [there were] very many in the open valley; and, lo, [they were] very dry.

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.

5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye 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 shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but [there was] no breath in them.

9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith 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 up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

11 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.

12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

13 And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken [it], and performed [it], saith the LORD.

15 ¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his companions:

17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou [meanest] by these?

19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which [is] in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into 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 to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

24 And David my servant [shall be] king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, [even] they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David [shall be] their prince for ever.

26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

1 And the hand of the LORD came upon me, and brought me forth in the spirit of the LORD, and set me in a wide field, which was full of legs.

2 And he led me through all these places. And, behold, there was much in the field, and, lo, they were very withered.

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, thinkest thou that these legs shall live again? And I said, O Lord, thou knowest it.

4 And he said unto me, Prophesy of these legs, and speak unto them: Ye withered legs, hear the word of the LORD.

5 Thus saith the LORD of these bones, Behold, I will put a breath in you, and ye shall live.

6 I will give you veins, and flesh shall grow upon you, and cover you with skin; and I will give you breath, and ye shall live again: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

7 And I prophesied as I was commanded: and, behold, there was a noise as I prophesied; and, behold, there was a stirring. And the bones came together again, every one to his own bones.

8 And I looked, and, behold, veins and flesh grew upon them, and he covered them with skin; but there was no breath in them yet.

9 And he said unto me, Prophesy unto the wind; prophesy, thou son of man, and say unto the wind, Thus saith the LORD GOD; Wind, come forth out of the four winds, and blow upon these that are slain, that they may live again.

10 And I prophesied as he commanded me. And the breath came into them, and they revived, and stood upon their feet. And there was a very great host of them.

11 And he said unto me, Son of man, these legs are all the house of Israel. Behold, now they say, Our legs are withered, and our hope is lost, and is done with us.

12 Therefore prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the LORD GOD; Behold, I will open your graves, and will bring you out of them, my people, and will bring you into the land of Israel;

13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, and brought you out of them, my people.

14 And I will put my spirit within you, and ye shall live again; and I will set you in your land, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. I speak it, and do it, saith the LORD.

15 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

16 Son of man, take thee a wood, and write upon it, Judah, and the children of Israel, and their servants. And take thee another wood, and write thereon, The wood of Joseph, even the wood of Ephraim, and of all the house of Israel, and of their servants,

17 And put one thing together with another, that it may be a wood in thine hand.

18 Then thy people shall say unto thee, saying: Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by this?

19 Say unto them, Thus saith the LORD GOD; Behold, I will take the wood of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and their servants the tribes of Israel, and will put them with the wood of Judah, and make them a wood, and they shall be one in mine hand.

20 And thou shalt hold in thine hand the timbers which thou hast written thereon; that they may see.

21 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD GOD; Behold, I will bring the children of Israel out of the heathen, whither they are gone, and will gather them every where, and will bring them again into their own land.

22 And I will make one people of them in the land of mount Israel, and they shall all have one king; and they shall no more be divided into two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms,

23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, and with their abominations, and with all manner of sins. And I will bring them out of all the places where they have sinned, and will cleanse them, and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

24 And David my servant shall be their king, and the shepherd of them all. And they shall walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them.

25 And they shall dwell in the land which I gave unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers dwelt. And they, and their children, and their children's children, shall dwell therein for ever: and my servant David shall be their ruler for ever.

26 And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will preserve them, and multiply them; and my sanctuary shall be among them for ever.

27 And I will dwell among them, and will be their God, and they shall be my people,

28 That the heathen also may know that I am the LORD which sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be among them for ever.