THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES

37 The hand of the Lord was on me,a and he brought me out by his Spiritb and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me all around them. There were a great many of them on the surface of the valley, and they were very dry. 3 Then he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”

I replied, “Lord God, only you know.”c

4 He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!