Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones
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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.
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.
3
He
said to me,
"Son of
man, can
these bones live ?" And I
answered, "O
Lord GOD, You
know."
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4
Again He
said to me, "
Prophesy over these bones and
say to them, 'O
dry bones,
hear the
word of the
LORD.'
5
"Thus says the
Lord GOD to
these bones,
'Behold, I will cause
breath to
enter you that you may
come to
life.
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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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.
8
And I
looked, and
behold,
sinews were on them, and
flesh grew and
skin covered * them; but
there was
no breath in them.
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.""'
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.
The Vision Explained
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.'
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.
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.
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.' "
Reunion of Judah and Israel
15
The
word of the
LORD came again to me
saying,
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.'
17
"Then
join them for yourself
one to
another into
one stick, that they may
become one in your
hand.
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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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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"The
sticks on
which you
write will be in your
hand before their
eyes.
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"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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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.
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.
The Davidic Kingdom
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"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.
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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"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.
27
"My
dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their
God, and they will be My
people.
28
"And the
nations will
know that I am the
LORD who
sanctifies Israel, when My
sanctuary is in their
midst forever.""'