Ezekiel - Chapter 37 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 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 {cf15I was} full of bones,
  • 2. And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, {cf15I there were} very many in the open valley; and, lo, {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I it}, and performed {cf15I it}, saith the LORD.
  • 15. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
  • 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I meanest} by these?
  • 19. Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which {cf15I is} in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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, {cf15I even} they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David {cf15I 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.
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