37The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and he brought me by the Spirit of Yahweh, and he let me rest^a in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones. ²And he led me all around^b over them, and look, very many on the surface of the valley, and look, very dry. ³And he said to me, “Son of man,^c can these bones live?” And I said, “Lord Yahweh, you know.” ⁴And he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and you must say to them, to the dry bones, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh! ⁵Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: “Look! I am bringing into you breath, and you will live! ⁶And I will lay on you sinews, and I will let flesh come upon you, and I will cover you over with skin, and I will put breath into you, and you will live, and you will know that I am Yahweh.” ’ ”

⁷And I prophesied just as^d I had been commanded, and there was a sound at my prophesying, and look! A rattling, and they came together—the bones! Bone to its bone! ⁸And I looked, and indeed, sinews were on them, and flesh went up,^e and skin covered over^f them upward,^g but breath was not in them. ⁹And he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man,^h and you must say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh from the four winds,ⁱ “Come, O spirit and breath, on these dead ones, so that they may live!” ’ ” ¹⁰And I prophesied as^j he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they became alive, and they stood on their feet, a very, very large group.

¹¹And he said to me, “Son of man,^k these bones are all of the house of Israel; look! they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is destroyed; we are cut off as far as we are concerned.’^l ¹²Therefore prophesy, and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am opening your graves, and I will bring you up from your graves, my people, and I will bring you to the land of Israel! ¹³And you will know that I am Yahweh when I open your graves when I bring you up from your graves, my people! ¹⁴And I will put my breath into you so that you may live, and I will cause you to rest on your soil, and you will know that I, Yahweh, I have spoken, and I will act!” ’ declares^m Yahweh.”

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Ezekiel 37:3: And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord GOD, you know.”

Footnotes

aOr “placed me”; literally “set me”
bLiterally “all around, all around”
cOr “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
dLiterally “as that”
eOr “appeared”
fOr “on”
gLiterally “from to above”
hOr “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
iLiterally “from four winds”
jLiterally “like what”
kOr “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
lLiterally “we are cut in two for us”
mLiterally “declaration of”