Chapter 37
1:
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley
which was full of bones,
2: And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in
the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3: And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I
answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
4: Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O
ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
5: Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause
breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
6: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon
you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
7: So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones
came together, bone to his bone.
8: And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and
the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
9: Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the
wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe
upon these slain, that they may live.
10: So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them,
and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
11: Then he said unto me, Son of man,
these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for
our parts.
12: Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will
open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13: And
ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14: And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know
that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
15: The word of the LORD came again unto
me, saying,
16: Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the
children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all
the house of Israel his companions:
17: And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become
one in thine hand.
18: And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew
us what thou meanest by these?
19: Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of
Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the
stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20: And the sticks whereon thou
writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
21: And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I
will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring
them into their own land:
22: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and
one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms
any more at all:
23: Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their
detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they
have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
24: And David my
servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my
statutes, and do them.
25: And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein
your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for
ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
26: Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with
them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in
the midst of them for evermore.
27: My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they
shall be my people.
28: And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall
be in the midst of them for evermore.
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