37:1 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,
37:2 And caused me to pass by them around: and behold, [there
were] very many in the open valley; and lo, [they were] very
dry.
37:3 And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? and I
answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
37:4 Again he said to me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say to
them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
37:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD to these bones; Behold, I will
cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
37:6 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.
37:7 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.
37:8 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.
37:9 Then said he to me, Prophesy to 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.
37:10 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.
37:11 Then he said to 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.
37:12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause
you to come out of your graves, and bring you into the land of
Israel.
37:13 And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have opened
your graves, O my people, and brought you out of your graves,
37:14 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.
37:15 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
37:16 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:
37:17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they
shall become one in thy hand.
37:18 And when the children of thy people shall speak to thee,
saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou [meanest] by these?
37:19 Say to 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 my hand.
37:20 And the sticks on which thou writest shall be in thy hand
before their eyes.
37:21 And say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will
take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither
they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring
them into their own land:
37:22 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:
37:23 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
dwelling-places, in which they have sinned, and will cleanse
them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
37:24 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.
37:25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to
Jacob my servant, in which your fathers have dwelt, and they
shall dwell in it, [even] they, and their children, and their
children's children for ever: and my servant David [shall be]
their prince for ever.
37:26 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.
37:27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: and I will be their
God, and they shall be my people.
37:28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify
Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for
ever.
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