The Book of Ezekiel
37: 1The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of
Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.
37:2And he caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very
many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. 37:3And he said unto me, Son
of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.
37:4Again he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry
bones, hear the word of Jehovah. 37:5Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones:
Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live. 37:6And 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 Jehovah. 37:7So I
prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and,
behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 37:8And I
beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin
covered them above; but there was no breath in them. 37:9Then said he unto me,
Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith
the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these
slain, that they may live. 37:10So 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. 37:11Then he said unto 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. 37:12Therefore prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O
my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. 37:13And ye shall know that I
am Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of
your graves, O my people. 37:14And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live,
and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have
spoken it and performed it, saith Jehovah. 37:15The word of Jehovah came again
unto me, saying, 37:16And 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: 37:17and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they
may become one in thy hand. 37:18And when the children of thy people shall speak
unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these? 37:19say unto
them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which
is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put
them with it, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they
shall be one in my hand. 37:20And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy
hand before their eyes. 37:21And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are
gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
37:22and 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; 37:23neither 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
dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they
be my people, and I will be their God. 37:24And my servant David shall be king over
them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in mine
ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them. 37:25And they shall dwell in the
land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers dwelt; and
they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children, for
ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever. 37:26Moreover 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. 37:27My tabernacle also shall be with them; and I will be their
God, and they shall be my people. 37:28And the nations shall know that I am
Jehovah that sanctifieth Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them
for evermore.