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      Ezekiel 37:1-14 (English-NIV)

      1
      The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.
      2
      He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry.
      3
      He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" I said, "O Sovereign LORD, you alone know."
      4
      Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, `Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
      5
      This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath [1] enter you, and you will come to life.
      6
      I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.'"
      7
      So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone.
      8
      I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
      9
      Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.'"
      10
      So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet--a vast army.
      11
      Then he said to me: "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, `Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.'
      12
      Therefore prophesy and say to them: `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel.
      13
      Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.
      14
      I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD.'"

    1. 5 The Hebrew for this word can also mean wind or spirit (see verses 6-14).

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