Ezekiel 37:1-14

1The hand of Adonai was upon me. The Ruach Adonai carried me out and set me down in the middle of the valley. It was full of bones.

2He led me all around them. Behold, there were very many on the floor of the valley. Behold, they were very dry.

3Then He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I answered, “Adonai Elohim, You know.”

4“Prophesy over these bones,” He said to me. “Say to them: ‘Dry bones, hear the word of Adonai!’

5Thus says Adonai Elohim to these bones: “Behold, I will cause Ruach to enter you, so you will live.

6I will attach tendons to you, bring flesh on you and cover you with skin. Then I will put breath in you. You will live. You will know that I am Adonai.”

7So I prophesied just as I was commanded. As I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, an earthquake. Then the bones came together, bone to its bone.

8I saw, and behold, there were tendons on them, flesh came up and skin covered them above, but there was no breath in them.

9Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the Ruach. Prophesy, son of man, and say to the Ruach, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Come from the four winds, Ruach! Breathe upon these slain, that they may live.”

10So I prophesied just as He commanded me. The Ruach came into them and they lived. They stood up on their feet, a vast army.

11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say: ‘Our bones are dried up; our hope is lost; we are cut off—by ourselves.’

12Therefore prophesy and say to them, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I will open your graves. I will bring you up out of your graves, My people. I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

13You will know that I am Adonai, when I have opened your graves and brought you up out of your graves, My people.

14I will put My Ruach in you and you will live. I will place you in your own land. Then you will know that I, Adonai, have spoken and that I have done it.” It is a declaration of Adonai.