Ezekiel 37:1-13 ▼

1 There has been a hand of YHWH on me, and He takes me forth in [the] Spirit of YHWH, and places me in the midst of the valley, and it is full of bones,

2 and He causes me to pass over by them, all around, and behold, very many [are] on the face of the valley, and behold—very dry.

3 And He says to me, “Son of man, do these bones live?” And I say, “O Lord YHWH, You have known.”

4 And He says to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones, and you have said to them, O dry bones, hear a word of YHWH!

5 Thus said Lord YHWH to these bones: Behold, I am bringing a spirit into you, and you have lived,

6 and I have given sinews on you, and cause flesh to come up on you, and covered you over with skin, and given a spirit in you, and you have lived, and you have known that I [am] YHWH.”

7 And I have prophesied as I have been commanded, and there is a noise as I am prophesying, and behold, a rushing, and the bones draw near, bone to its bone.

8 And I beheld, and behold, sinews [are] on them, and flesh has come up, and skin covers them over above—and there is no spirit in them.

9 And He says to me: “Prophesy to the Spirit, prophesy, son of man, and you have said to the Spirit, Thus said Lord YHWH: Come in from the four winds, O Spirit, and breathe on these slain, and they live.”

10 And I have prophesied as He commanded me, and the Spirit comes into them, and they live, and stand on their feet—a very, very great force.

11 And He says to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they are saying, Our bones have dried up, || And our hope has perished, || We have been cut off by ourselves.

12 Therefore, prophesy, and you have said to them, Thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am opening your graves, || And have brought you up out of your graves, O My people, || And brought you into the land of Israel.

13 And you have known that I [am] YHWH, || In My opening your graves, || And in My bringing you up out of your graves, O My people.