Ezekiel 37:1–10

THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES

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

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

⁴He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! ⁵This is what the Lord God says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live.^{d 6}I will put tendons on you, make flesh grow on you, and cover you with skin. I will put breath in you so that you come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”^e

⁷So I prophesied as I had been commanded. While I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. ⁸As I looked, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them. ⁹He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man. Say to it: This is what the Lord God says: Breath, come from the four winds and breathe into these slain so that they may live!”^{f 10}So I prophesied as he commanded me; the breath entered them,^g and they came to life and stood on their feet, a vast army.