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| 37:1 |
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.
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| 37:2 |
He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry.
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| 37:3 |
He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord God, You know."
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| 37:4 |
Again He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.'
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| 37:5 |
"Thus says the Lord God to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.
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| 37:6 |
'I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the Lord.' "
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| 37:7 |
So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
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| 37:8 |
And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
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| 37:9 |
Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life.""'
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| 37:10 |
So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
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| 37:11 |
Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.'
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| 37:12 |
"Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.
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| 37:13 |
"Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people.
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| 37:14 |
"I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken and done it," declares the Lord.' "
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| 37:15 |
The word of the Lord came again to me saying,
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| 37:16 |
"And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it, 'For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.'
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| 37:17 |
"Then join them for yourself one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
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| 37:18 |
"When the sons of your people speak to you saying, 'Will you not declare to us what you mean by these?'
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| 37:19 |
say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand."'
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| 37:20 |
"The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.
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| 37:21 |
"Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land;
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| 37:22 |
and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms.
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| 37:23 |
"They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.
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| 37:24 |
"My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them.
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| 37:25 |
"They will live on the land that I gave to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their sons and their sons' sons, forever; and David My servant will be their prince forever.
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| 37:26 |
"I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever.
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| 37:27 |
"My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
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| 37:28 |
"And the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever.""'
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