Ezekiel 37
The Valley of Dry
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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,
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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.
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And he said unto me, Son of man, can
these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD,
thou knowest.
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Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon
these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the
LORD.
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Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to
enter into you, and ye shall live:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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So I prophesied as he commanded me, and
the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their
feet, Rev. 11.11 an exceeding great army.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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The Prophecy
concerning the Reunion of Judah and Israel |
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The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
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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 E'phra-im, and for all the house of
Israel his companions:
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and join them one to another into one
stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
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And when the children of thy people shall
speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?
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Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of E'phra-im, 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.
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And the sticks whereon thou writest shall
be in thine hand before their eyes.
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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:
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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:
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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
dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so
shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
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And David my servant shall be king over them; Ezek. 34.24 and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in
my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
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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.
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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.
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My tabernacle also shall be with them:
yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 2 Cor.
6.16 · Rev.
21.3
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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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