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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, 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. 3 And
he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord
GOD, thou knowest. 4 Again
he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry
bones, hear the word of the LORD. 5 Thus
saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter
into you, and ye shall live: 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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, 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. 15 The
word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
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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: 17 And
join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine
hand. 18 And
when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou
not shew us what thou meanest by these? 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. 20 And
the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. 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: 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 27 My
tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall
be my people. 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.