Ezekiel 37:1–14

Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones

¹The ^ahand of Yahweh was upon me, and He ^bbrought me out ¹by the Spirit of Yahweh and caused me to rest in the middle of the ^cvalley; and it was full of bones.

²He caused me to pass among them all around, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and behold, they were very dry.

³He said to me, “Son of man, ^acan these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord Yahweh, ^bYou know.”

⁴Then He said to me, “^aProphesy over these bones and say to them, ‘O dry bones, ^bhear the word of Yahweh.’

⁵“Thus says Lord Yahweh to these bones, ‘Behold, I will cause ^1abreath to enter you that you may come to life.

⁶‘I will put sinews on you, make flesh come up upon you, cover you with skin, and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will ^aknow that I am Yahweh.’”

⁷So I prophesied ^aas I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a ¹noise, and behold, a rumbling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

⁸And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh came up upon them, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.

⁹Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Come from the four ¹winds, O breath, and ^abreathe on these who were killed, that they may ^bcome to life.” ’ ”

¹⁰So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the ^abreath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an ^bexceedingly great military force.

¹¹Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the ^awhole house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our ^bbones are dried up, and our hope has perished. We are ¹completely ^ccut off.’

¹²“Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will open your graves and ^acause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.

¹³“Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people.

¹⁴“And I will ^aput My ¹Spirit within you, and you will come to life, and I will ²place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken and done it,” declares Yahweh.’”