[[Ezekiel 36|<< Ezekiel 36]] | [[Ezekiel|Ezekiel]] | [[Ezekiel 38|Ezekiel 38 >>]] ### Ezekiel 37 1 THE hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which _was_ full of bones, ^1 2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, _there_ _were_ very many in the open valley; and, lo, _they_ _were_ very dry. ^2 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. ^3 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. ^4 5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: ^5 6 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_ the LORD. ^6 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. ^7 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but _there_ _was_ no breath in them. ^8 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. ^9 10 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. ^10 11 ¶ Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. ^11 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. ^12 13 And ye shall know that I _am_ the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, ^13 14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken _it_, and performed _it_, saith the LORD. ^14 15 ¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, ^15 16 Moreover, 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: ^16 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. ^17 18 ¶ And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou _meanest_ by these? ^18 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which _is_ in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, _even_ with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. ^19 20 ¶ And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. ^20 21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: ^21 22 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: ^22 23 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 dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. ^23 24 And David my servant _shall_ _be_ king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. ^24 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, _even_ they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David _shall_ _be_ their prince for ever. ^25 26 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. ^26 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ^27 28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore. ^28