Ezekiel 37:6–14

⁶I will lay sinews on you and will cause flesh to come upon you and cover you with skin and put breath^q in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”^*

⁷So I prophesied as I had been commanded, and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. ⁸I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them, but there was no breath in them. ⁹Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath:^r Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath,^s and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.”^{* 10}I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, a vast multitude.^*

¹¹Then he said to me, “Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.’^{* 12}Therefore prophesy and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from your graves, O my people, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.^{* 13}And you shall know that I am the Lord when I open your graves and bring you up from your graves, O my people.^{* 14}I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act, says the Lord.”^*