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Ezekiel 37

37 The power of Yahweh came over me, and by his Spirit he brought me out and set me down in the middle of a valley. In the vision I saw that the valley was full of bones. 2 He led me all around among the bones. I saw that there were a huge number of bones lying on the ground all through the valley, and they were completely dry. 3 He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones become alive again?” I answered, “Lord Yahweh, only you know that.” 4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones. Tell those dry bones to listen to the message that I, Yahweh, am giving them. 5 Tell them that this is what I, the Lord Yahweh, say to them: ‘I am going to cause breath to enter you, and you will become alive again. 6 I will attach tendons to you, and I will cause flesh to grow on you, and I will cover you with skin. I will put breath in you, and you will become alive again. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.’ ” 7 So I prophesied just as Yahweh had commanded me. While I was prophesying, I heard a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, each bone joining to the bone that belonged next to it. 8 As I watched, tendons appeared on the bones, and flesh grew on them, and then skin covered them. However, they were not breathing. 9 Then he said to me, “Mortal, prophesy to the breath. Say that I, the Lord Yahweh, am bringing breath from every direction to enter these people whom enemies killed, so that they will become alive again.” 10 So I prophesied just as he commanded me, and breath entered them. They became alive and stood up on their feet, an enormous army of people.

11 Then he said to me, “Mortal, these bones represent all the people of Israel. They keep saying that they have lost all their strength, that they have nothing left to hope for, and that they have no future at all. 12 So prophesy and tell them that this is what I, the Lord Yahweh, say: ‘My people, I am going to restore you to life, as though I were opening your graves and bringing you up out of them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then, when I open your graves and bring you up out of them, you my people will know that I am Yahweh. 14 I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live again, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have promised this and that I will certainly do it. That is what I, Yahweh, declare.’ ”

15 Yahweh gave me another message. He said, 16 “Mortal, take a piece of wood and write on it, ‘This one represents Judah and the Israelite tribes that belong with it.’ Then take another piece of wood and write on it, ‘This one represents Joseph, that is, the tribe of Ephraim, and all the Israelite tribes that belong with it.’ 17 Then join the two pieces together so that they become one piece of wood in your hand. 18 When your fellow Israelites ask you to explain to them what you mean by doing this, 19 tell them that this is what I, the Lord Yahweh, say: ‘I am going to take the piece of wood that represents Joseph, the one that the tribe of Ephraim controls, along with the Israelite tribes that belong with it, and I will join them to the piece of wood that represents Judah. I will make them one piece of wood, and they will be one in my hand.’ 20 Hold in your hand the pieces of wood on which you wrote, where your fellow Israelites can see them. 21 Then tell them that this is what I, the Lord Yahweh, say: ‘I am going to take the Israelite people out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from every direction and bring them back to their own land. 22 I will make them one nation in that land, on the mountains of Israel. One king will rule over all of them. They will never again be two nations, and they will never again separate into two kingdoms. 23 They will no longer make themselves unacceptable to me by worshiping their idols and their disgusting images, or by rebelling against me in any way. I will rescue them from all the places where they lived and sinned, and I will make them completely clean. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

24 A descendant of my servant David will be their king, and he alone will rule over all of them, taking care of them as a shepherd takes care of his flock. They will live the way I have said is right, and they will carefully obey all my laws. 25 They will live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren will live there forever, and that descendant of my servant David will be their ruler forever. 26 I will make a covenant with them that will bring them peace; it will be a covenant that lasts forever. I will establish them in that land and cause them to become very numerous, and I will put my temple among them forever. 27 I will live among them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 Then, when my temple is among the Israelite people forever, the other nations will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who sets Israel apart to belong to me.’ ”

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