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Ezekiel 37
New International Version

### The Valley of Dry Bones

37 The hand of the Lord was on me,(A) and he brought me out by the Spirit(B) of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley;(C) it was full of bones.(D) 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”

I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.(E)”

4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!(F) 5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath[a] enter you, and you will come to life.(G) 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(H)’”

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath;(I) prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds(J) and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded(K) me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.(L)

11 Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’(M) 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel.(N) 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord,(O) when I open your graves and bring you up from them.(P) 14 I will put my Spirit(Q) in you and you will live, and I will settle(R) you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.(S)’”

### One Nation Under One King

15 The word of the Lord came to me: 16 “Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, ‘Belonging to Judah and the Israelites(T) associated with him.(U)’ Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, ‘Belonging to Joseph (that is, to Ephraim) and all the Israelites associated with him.’ 17 Join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand.(V)

18 “When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you tell us what you mean by this?’(W) 19 say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in Ephraim’s hand—and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah’s stick. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.’(X) 20 Hold before their eyes the sticks you have written on 21 and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.(Y) 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.(Z) There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.(AA) 23 They will no longer defile(AB) themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding,[b](AC) and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.(AD)

24 “‘My servant David(AE) will be king(AF) over them, and they will all have one shepherd.(AG) They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.(AH) 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(AI) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(AJ) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(AK) 26 I will make a covenant of peace(AL) with them; it will be an everlasting covenant.(AM) I will establish them and increase their numbers,(AN) and I will put my sanctuary among them(AO) forever.(AP) 27 My dwelling place(AQ) will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.(AR) 28 Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy,(AS) when my sanctuary is among them forever.(AT)’”

#### Footnotes

1. Ezekiel 37:5 The Hebrew for this word can also mean wind or spirit (see verses 6-14).
2. Ezekiel 37:23 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts all their dwelling places where they sinned

#### Cross references

1. Ezekiel 37:1 : S Eze 1:3
2. Ezekiel 37:1 : S Eze 11:24; Lk 4:1; Ac 8:39
3. Ezekiel 37:1 : Jer 7:32
4. Ezekiel 37:1 : S Jer 8:2; Eze 40:1
5. Ezekiel 37:3 : Dt 32:39; S 1Sa 2:6; Isa 26:19; 1Co 15:35
6. Ezekiel 37:4 : Jer 22:29
7. Ezekiel 37:5 : S Ge 2:7; Ps 104:29-30; Rev 11:11
8. Ezekiel 37:6 : S Ex 6:2; Eze 38:23
9. Ezekiel 37:9 : ver 14; Ps 104:30; Isa 32:15; Eze 39:29; Zec 12:10
10. Ezekiel 37:9 : Jer 49:36; Da 7:2; 8:8; 11:4; Zec 2:6; 6:5; Rev 7:1
11. Ezekiel 37:10 : S Eze 12:7
12. Ezekiel 37:10 : Rev 11:11
13. Ezekiel 37:11 : S Job 17:15; S La 3:54
14. Ezekiel 37:12 : ver 21; Dt 32:39; 1Sa 2:6; Isa 26:19; Jer 29:14; Hos 13:14; Am 9:14-15; Zep 3:20; Zec 8:8
15. Ezekiel 37:13 : S Ex 6:2
16. Ezekiel 37:13 : S Eze 17:24; Hos 13:14
17. Ezekiel 37:14 : S ver 9; S Isa 11:2; Joel 2:28-29
18. Ezekiel 37:14 : S Jer 43:2
19. Ezekiel 37:14 : Eze 36:27-28, 36; Rev 11:11
20. Ezekiel 37:16 : S 1Ki 12:20; 2Ch 10:17-19
21. Ezekiel 37:16 : Nu 17:2-3; 2Ch 15:9
22. Ezekiel 37:17 : ver 24; Isa 11:13; S Jer 50:4; Hos 1:11
23. Ezekiel 37:18 : S Eze 24:19
24. Ezekiel 37:19 : Zec 10:6
25. Ezekiel 37:21 : S ver 12; S Isa 43:5-6; S Eze 20:42; 39:27; Mic 4:6
26. Ezekiel 37:22 : S Eze 17:22; S 34:13-14
27. Ezekiel 37:22 : Isa 11:13; Jer 33:24; S 50:4; Hos 1:11
28. Ezekiel 37:23 : Eze 43:7
29. Ezekiel 37:23 : S Jer 7:24
30. Ezekiel 37:23 : Eze 11:18; S 36:28; Na 2:2
31. Ezekiel 37:24 : Isa 55:4; Hos 3:5
32. Ezekiel 37:24 : S 1Sa 13:14; S Isa 32:1
33. Ezekiel 37:24 : Zec 13:7
34. Ezekiel 37:24 : Ps 78:70-71; S Jer 30:21; S Eze 21:27
35. Ezekiel 37:25 : S Eze 28:25
36. Ezekiel 37:25 : S Ezr 9:12; Am 9:15
37. Ezekiel 37:25 : S Ps 89:3-4; Isa 11:1; S Eze 34:23-24
38. Ezekiel 37:26 : S Nu 25:12
39. Ezekiel 37:26 : S Ge 9:16; S Dt 29:14; S Heb 13:20
40. Ezekiel 37:26 : S Jer 30:19
41. Ezekiel 37:26 : Lev 26:11
42. Ezekiel 37:26 : S Eze 16:62
43. Ezekiel 37:27 : S Lev 26:11
44. Ezekiel 37:27 : S Eze 34:30; S 36:28; S 2Co 6:16*
45. Ezekiel 37:28 : S Ex 31:13
46. Ezekiel 37:28 : Eze 43:9; Hos 1:10-11; Zep 3:15

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