Ezekiel 37:1-13 ▼

1 THE hand of the LORD was upon me, and he carried me out in the spirit of the LORD and set me down in a valley which was full of bones,

2 And he caused me to pass by them round about; and behold, there were very many in 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 concerning 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 into you, and you shall live;

6 And I will lay sinews upon you and bring flesh upon you and cover you with skin, and I will put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

7 So I prophesied as he had commanded me; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a quake, and the bones came together, each bone to its joint.

8 And when I beheld, lo, sinews and the flesh came upon them and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.

9 Then he said to me, Prophesy concerning 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 into these slain, that they may live.

10 So I prophesied as he had 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 to me, Son of man, all these bones are the bones of the children of Israel, who said, Our bones are dried and our hope is lost; we are completely gone.

12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, Thus says the LORD God: Behold, I will open your graves and bring you up out of them and bring you into the land of Israel.

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