Ezekiel 37:8-17

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.

15The word of Adonai came to me saying:

16“You, son of man, take one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah’—for Bnei-Yisrael joined with him. Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph’—the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel joined with him.

17Join them one to another for yourself, as one stick, so they may become one in your hand.