26_EZE_37_01 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,
26_EZE_37_02 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.
26_EZE_37_03 And he said unto me, son of man, can These bones live? And I answered, O LORD God, thou knowest.
26_EZE_37_04 again he said unto me, prophesy upon These bones, And say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
26_EZE_37_05 thus saith the LORD God unto These bones; behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, And ye shall live:
26_EZE_37_06 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.
26_EZE_37_07 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.
26_EZE_37_08 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.
26_EZE_37_09 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.
26_EZE_37_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.
26_EZE_37_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.
26_EZE_37_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.
26_EZE_37_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,
26_EZE_37_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.
26_EZE_37_15 the word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
26_EZE_37_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:
26_EZE_37_17 And join them one to another into one stick; And they shall become one in thine hand.
26_EZE_37_18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou [ meanest] by These?
26_EZE_37_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.
26_EZE_37_20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
26_EZE_37_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:
26_EZE_37_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:
26_EZE_37_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.
26_EZE_37_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.
26_EZE_37_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_EZE_37_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_EZE_37_27 my tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, And they shall be my people.
26_EZE_37_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.