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The hand of the Lord had been on me, and he took me out in the spirit of the Lord and put me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones;
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And he made me go past them round about: and I saw that there was a very great number of them on the face of the wide valley, and they were very dry.
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And he said to me, Son of man, is it possible for these bones to come to life? And I made answer, and said, It is for you to say, O Lord.
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And again he said to me, Be a prophet to these bones, and say to them, O you dry bones, give ear to the word of the Lord.
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This is what the Lord has said to these bones: See, I will make breath come into you so that you may come to life;
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And I will put muscles on you and make flesh come on you, and put skin over you, and breath into you, so that you may have life; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
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So I gave the word as I was ordered: and at my words there was a shaking of the earth, and the bones came together, bone to bone.
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And looking I saw that there were muscles on them and flesh came up, and they were covered with skin: but there was no breath in them.
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And he said to me, Be a prophet to the wind, be a prophet, son of man, and say to the wind, The Lord has said: Come from the four winds, O wind, breathing on these dead so that they may come to life.
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And I gave the word at his orders, and breath came into them, and they came to life and got up on their feet, a very great army.
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Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the children of Israel: and see, they are saying, Our bones have become dry our hope is gone, we are cut off completely.
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For this cause be a prophet to them, and say, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am opening the resting-places of your dead, and I will make you come up out of your resting-places, O my people; and I will take you into the land of Israel.
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And you will be certain that I am the Lord by my opening the resting-places of your dead and making you come up out of your resting-places, O my people.
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And I will put my spirit in you, so that you may come to life, and I will give you a rest in your land: and you will be certain that I the Lord have said it and have done it, says the Lord.