^{1 Ref} The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.

^{2 Ref} And he caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

^{3 Ref} And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.

^{4 Ref} Again he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.

^{5 Ref} Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.

^{6 Ref} And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

^{7 Ref} So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

⁸ And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.

^{9 Ref} Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

^{10 Ref} So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

^{11 Ref} Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.

^{12 Ref} Therefore prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.

^{13 Ref} And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, O my people.

^{14 Ref} And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it and performed it, saith Jehovah.

¹⁵ The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

^{16 Ref} And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and `for' all the house of Israel his companions:

^{17 Ref} and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand.

^{18 Ref} And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?

^{19 Ref} say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, `even' with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.

^{20 Ref} And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.

^{21 Ref} And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

^{22 Ref} and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;

^{23 Ref} neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

^{24 Ref} And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in mine ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

^{25 Ref} And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children, for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.

^{26 Ref} Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

^{27 Ref} My tabernacle also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

^{28 Ref} And the nations shall know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

^{1 Ref} The hand of the Lord had been on me, and he took me out in the spirit of the Lord and put me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones;

^{2 Ref} And he made me go past them round about: and I saw that there was a very great number of them on the face of the wide valley, and they were very dry.

^{3 Ref} And he said to me, Son of man, is it possible for these bones to come to life? And I made answer, and said, It is for you to say, O Lord.

^{4 Ref} And again he said to me, Be a prophet to these bones, and say to them, O you dry bones, give ear to the word of the Lord.

^{5 Ref} This is what the Lord has said to these bones: See, I will make breath come into you so that you may come to life;

^{6 Ref} And I will put muscles on you and make flesh come on you, and put skin over you, and breath into you, so that you may have life; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

^{7 Ref} So I gave the word as I was ordered: and at my words there was a shaking of the earth, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

⁸ And looking I saw that there were muscles on them and flesh came up, and they were covered with skin: but there was no breath in them.

^{9 Ref} And he said to me, Be a prophet to the wind, be a prophet, son of man, and say to the wind, The Lord has said: Come from the four winds, O wind, breathing on these dead so that they may come to life.

^{10 Ref} And I gave the word at his orders, and breath came into them, and they came to life and got up on their feet, a very great army.

^{11 Ref} Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the children of Israel: and see, they are saying, Our bones have become dry our hope is gone, we are cut off completely.

^{12 Ref} For this cause be a prophet to them, and say, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am opening the resting-places of your dead, and I will make you come up out of your resting-places, O my people; and I will take you into the land of Israel.

^{13 Ref} And you will be certain that I am the Lord by my opening the resting-places of your dead and making you come up out of your resting-places, O my people.

^{14 Ref} And I will put my spirit in you, so that you may come to life, and I will give you a rest in your land: and you will be certain that I the Lord have said it and have done it, says the Lord.

¹⁵ And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

^{16 Ref} And you, son of man, take one stick, writing on it, For Judah and for the children of Israel who are in his company: then take another stick, writing on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel who are in his company:

^{17 Ref} Then, joining them one to another, make them one stick, so that they may be one in your hand.

^{18 Ref} And when the children of your people say to you, Will you not make clear to us what these things have to do with us?

^{19 Ref} Then say to them, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am taking the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel who are in his company; and I will put it on the stick of Judah and make them one stick, and they will be one in my hand.

^{20 Ref} And the sticks with your writing on them will be in your hand before their eyes.

^{21 Ref} And say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am taking the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will get them together on every side, and take them into their land:

^{22 Ref} And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over them all: and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be parted into two kingdoms:

^{23 Ref} And they will no longer make themselves unclean with their images or with their hated things or with any of their sins: but I will give them salvation from all their turning away in which they have done evil, and will make them clean; and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.

^{24 Ref} And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.

^{25 Ref} And they will be living in the land which I gave to Jacob, my servant, in which your fathers were living; and they will go on living there, they and their children and their children's children, for ever: and David, my servant, will be their ruler for ever.

^{26 Ref} And I will make an agreement of peace with them: it will be an eternal agreement with them: and I will have mercy on them and make their numbers great, and will put my holy place among them for ever.

^{27 Ref} And my House will be over them; and I will be to them a God, and they will be to me a people.

^{28 Ref} And the nations will be certain that I who make Israel holy am the Lord, when my holy place is among them for ever.