“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.” (Ezekiel 37:1-28 AV)
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