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Thus saith the LordGOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
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And I will laysinews upon you, and will bring upflesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and putbreath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall 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 shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
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And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skincovered them above: but there was no breath in them.
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Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind,[a]prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the LordGOD;Come from the fourwinds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
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So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breathcame into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding*greatarmy.
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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.
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Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the LordGOD; 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.
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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,
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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.
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The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,