Ezekiel 37.1-14
Posted: 02 Nov 2006 @ 00:00
1The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of
the LORD and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2He
led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were
very dry. 3He said to me, ‘Mortal, can these bones live?’ I answered, ‘O Lord
GOD, you know.’ 4Then he said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones, and say to them:
O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. 5Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones:
I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. 6I will lay sinews on
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.’
7So I prophesied as I had been commanded; and as I prophesied, suddenly
there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
8I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and
skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them. 9Then he said to me,
‘Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, 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.’ 10I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came
into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast multitude.
11Then he said to me, ‘Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel.
They say, “Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off
completely.” 12Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: I
am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people;
and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13And you shall know that I am
the LORD, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my
people. 14I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place
you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken and
will act, says the LORD.’