Ezekiel 37
1 The hand of YHWH was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of YHWH, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.
And the hand of the Lord came upon me, and the Lord brought me forth by the Spirit, and set me in the midst of the plain, and it was full of human bones.
2 And he led me walk all around among them. And look, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and look, they were very dry.
And he led me round about them every way: and, behold, [there were] very many on the face of the plain, very dry.
3 And he said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "YHWH, you know."
And he said to me, Son of man, will these bones live? and I said, O Lord God, you know this.
4 Then he said to me, "Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of YHWH.'
And he said to me, Prophesy upon these bones, and you shall say to them, You dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
5 Thus says YHWH to these bones: 'Look, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you will live.
Thus says the Lord to these bones; Behold, I [will] bring upon you the breath of life:
6 And I will put tendons on you, and make flesh grow on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you will live. Then you will know that I am YHWH.'"
and I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and will spread skin upon you, and will put my Spirit into you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a sound, and look, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.
So I prophesied as [the Lord] commanded me: and it came to pass while I was prophesying, that, behold, [there was] a shaking, and the bones approached each one to his joint.
8 And I watched, and look, there were tendons on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them. But there was no breath in them.
And I looked, and behold, sinews and flesh grew upon them, and skin came upon them above: but there was not breath in them.
9 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath, 'Thus says YHWH: Come from the four winds, breath, and breathe on these corpses, that they may live.'"
And he said to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus says the Lord; Come from the four winds, and breathe upon these dead [men], and let them live.
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath entered into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, a very great congregation.
11 Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they say, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are completely cut off.'
And the Lord spoke to me, saying, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: and they say, Our bones are become dry, our hope has perished, we are quite spent.
12 Therefore prophesy, and tell them, 'Thus says YHWH: Look, I will open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel.
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] open your tombs, and will bring you up out of your tombs, and will bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And you will know that I am YHWH, when I have opened your graves and raise you up out of your graves, my people.
And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, that I may bring up my people from [their] graves.
14 And I will put my breath in you and you will live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you will know that I am YHWH; I have spoken it and I will do it,' says YHWH."
And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you upon your own land: and you shall know that I [am] the Lord; I have spoken, and will do [it], says the Lord.
15 And the word of YHWH came again to me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
16 "And you, son of man, take one stick and write on it, 'For Judah, and the people of Israel associated with him.' Then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel associated with him.'
Son of man, take for yourself a rod, and write upon it, Juda, and the children of Israel his adherents; and you shall take for yourself another rod, and you shall inscribe it for Joseph, the rod of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel that belong to him.
17 Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
And you shall joint them together for yourself, so as that they should bind themselves into one stick; and they shall be in your hand.
18 And when your people ask you, saying, 'Will you not tell us what these things mean?'
And it shall come to pass, when the children of your people shall say to you, Will you not tell us what you meanest by these things?
19 tell them, 'Thus says YHWH: "Look, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them on it, that is, on the stick of Judah, and make them into one stick, and they will be one in my hand."'
Then shall you say to them, Thus says the Lord; behold, I will take the tribe of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel that belong to him, and I will add them to the tribe of Juda, and they shall become one rod in the hand of Juda.
20 And the sticks on which you write on will be in your hand in front of them.
And the rods on which you did write shall be in your hand in their presence.
21 "Then say to them, 'Thus says YHWH: Look, I am going to take the people of Israel from among the nations where they are gone, and will gather them from all around, and bring them into their own land.
And you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God; Behold, I [will] take the whole house of Israel out of the midst of the nations, amongst whom they have gone, and I will gather them from all that are round about them, and I will bring them into the land of Israel.
22 And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them, and they will no longer be two nations, and no longer be divided into two kingdoms.
And I will make them a nation in my land, even on the mountains of Israel; and they shall have one prince: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided any more at all into two kingdoms:
23 And they will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all their unfaithfulness in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And will they be my people, and I will be their God.
that they may no more defile themselves with their idols; and I will deliver them from all their transgressions whereby they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be to me a people, and I the Lord will be to them a God.
24 "'"And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one shepherd. And they will walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.
And my servant David [shall be] a prince in the midst of them: there shall be one shepherd of [them] all; for they shall walk in mine ordinances, and keep my judgements, and do them.
25 And they will live in the land that I gave to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived; and they and their children and their children's children will live there forever, and David my servant will be their prince forever.
And they shall dwell in their land, which I have given to my servant Jacob, where their fathers lived; and they shall dwell upon it: and David my servant [shall be their] prince forever.
26 And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will give to them and increase their numbers, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forever.
And I will make with them a covenant of peace; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will establish my sanctuary in the midst of them for ever.
27 And my dwelling place will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
And my tabernacle shall be amongst them; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be my people.
28 Then the nations will know that I am YHWH who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forever."'"
And the nations shall know that I am the Lord that sanctifies them, when my sanctuary is in the midst of them for ever.
