aThe hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out bin the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of cthe valley dwhich was full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open ||cvalley; and, lo, they were very dry. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, ecan these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, fthou 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, gI will cause hbreath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 6 And I will lay isinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and icover you with skin, and put hbreath in you, and ye shall live; kand ye shall know that I am the Lord. 7 So I prophesied las 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, imthe sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and ithe skin covered them above: but there was no hbreath 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 nthe four winds, O breath, and gbreathe upon these slain, that they may live. 10 So I prophesied las he commanded me, and hothe breath came into them, and they lived, and ostood 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, pOur bones are dried, and qour hope is lost: rwe are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, dsI will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and tbring you into the land of Israel. 13 kAnd 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 oushall put my hspirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord vhave spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.

15 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,