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The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD ,
and set me down in the midst of the valley ;
and it was full of bones .
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Then He caused me to pass by them all around ,
and behold ,
there were very many in the open valley ;
and indeed they were very dry .
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And He said to me , "
Son of man ,
can these bones live ?"
So I answered , "
O Lord GOD ,
You know ."
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Again He said to me , "
Prophesy to these bones ,
and say to them , "
O dry bones ,
hear the word of the LORD !
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Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones : "
Surely I will cause breath to enter into you ,
and you shall live .
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I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you ,
cover you with skin and put breath in you ;
and you shall live .
Then you shall know that I am the LORD .""'
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So I prophesied as I was commanded ;
and as I prophesied ,
there was a noise ,
and suddenly a rattling ;
and the bones came together ,
bone to bone .
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Indeed ,
as I looked ,
the sinews and the flesh came upon them ,
and the skin covered them over ;
but there was no breath in them .
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Also He said to me , "
Prophesy to the breath ,
prophesy ,
son of man ,
and say to the breath , "
Thus says the Lord GOD : "
Come from the four winds ,
O breath ,
and breathe on these slain ,
that they may live .""'
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So I prophesied as He commanded me ,
and breath came into them ,
and they lived ,
and stood upon their feet ,
an exceedingly great army .
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Then He said to me , "
Son of man ,
these bones are the whole house of Israel .
They indeed say , "
Our bones are dry ,
our hope is lost ,
and we ourselves are cut off !'
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Therefore prophesy and say to them , "
Thus says the Lord GOD : "
Behold ,
O My people ,
I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves ,
and bring you into the land of Israel .
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Then you shall know that I am the LORD ,
when I have opened your graves ,
O My people ,
and brought you up from your graves .
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I will put My Spirit in you ,
and you shall live ,
and I will place you in your own land .
Then you shall know that I ,
the LORD ,
have spoken it and performed it ,"
says the LORD ."'
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Again the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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As for you ,
son of man ,
take a stick for yourself and write on it : "
For Judah and for the children of Israel ,
his companions .'
Then take another stick and write on it , "
For Joseph ,
the stick of Ephraim ,
and for all the house of Israel ,
his companions .'
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Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick ,
and they will become one in your hand .
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And when the children of your people speak to you ,
saying , "
Will you not show us what you mean by these ?'--
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say to them , "
Thus says the Lord GOD : "
Surely I will take the stick of Joseph ,
which is in the hand of Ephraim ,
and the tribes of Israel ,
his companions ;
and I will join them with it ,
with the stick of Judah ,
and make them one stick ,
and they will be one in My hand ."'
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And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes .
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Then say to them , "
Thus says the Lord GOD : "
Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations ,
wherever they have gone ,
and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land ;
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and I will make them one nation in the land ,
on the mountains of Israel ;
and one king shall be king over them all ;
they shall no longer be two nations ,
nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again .
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They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols ,
nor with their detestable things ,
nor with any of their transgressions ;
but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned ,
and will cleanse them .
Then they shall be My people ,
and I will be their God .
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David My servant shall be king over them ,
and they shall all have one shepherd ;
they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes ,
and do them .
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Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant ,
where your fathers dwelt ;
and they shall dwell there ,
they ,
their children ,
and their children '
s children ,
forever ;
and My servant David shall be their prince forever .
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Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them ,
and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them ;
I will establish them and multiply them ,
and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore .
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My tabernacle also shall be with them ;
indeed I will be their God ,
and they shall be My people .
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The nations also will know that I ,
the LORD ,
sanctify Israel ,
when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore .""'