^{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.