Ezekiel 37

Dry Bones Live Again

1Some time later, I felt the Lord 's power take control of me, and his Spirit carried me to a valley full of bones.

2The Lord showed me all around, and everywhere I looked I saw bones that were dried out.

3He said, “Ezekiel, son of man, can these bones come back to life?”

I replied, “Lord God, only you can answer that.”

4He then told me to say:

7I did what the Lord said, but before I finished speaking, I heard a rattling noise. The bones were coming together!

8I saw muscles and skin cover the bones, but they had no life in them.

9The Lord said:

10As soon as I said this, the wind blew among the bodies, and they came back to life! They all stood up, and there were enough to make a large army.[#Rev 11.11.]

11The Lord said:

Judah and Israel Together Again

15The Lord said:

16Ezekiel, son of man, get a stick and write on it, “The kingdom of Judah.” Then get another stick and write on it, “The kingdom of Israel.”[#37.16 The Hebrew text has “Joseph, that is, Ephraim,” the leading tribe in the northern kingdom.]

17Hold these two sticks end to end, so they look like one stick.

18And when your people ask you what this means,

19tell them that I, the Lord , will join together the stick of Israel and the stick of Judah. I will hold them in my hand, and they will become one.

20Hold these two sticks where they can be seen by everyone

21and then say:

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