Ezek 37
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The hand of YHWH was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of YHWH, and set
me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.
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And he caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in
the open valley; and, behold, they were very dry.
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And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord YHWH,
you know.
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Again he said to me, Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O you dry bones,
hear the word of YHWH.
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Thus says the Lord YHWH to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into
you, and you 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 you shall live; and you shall know that I am YHWH.
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So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold,
an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
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And I beheld, and, behold, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin
covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
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Then said he to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind,
Thus says the Lord YHWH: 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, an exceeding great army.
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Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold,
they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
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Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord YHWH: Behold, I will open
your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people; and I will
bring you into the land of Israel.
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And you shall know that I am YHWH, when I have opened your graves, and caused you
to come up out of your graves, O my people.
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And I will put my Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your
own land: and you shall know that I, YHWH, have spoken it and performed it, says YHWH.
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The word of YHWH came again to me, saying,
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And you, son of man, take you 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:
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and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your
hand.
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And when the children of your people shall 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 YHWH: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which
is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put
them with it, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall
be one in my hand.
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And the sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.
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And say to them, Thus says the Lord YHWH: Behold, I will take the children of Israel
from among the nations, where they are 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 my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd:
they shall also walk in mine ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.
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And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, wherein your
fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children`s
children, for ever: and David my servant 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; and I will be their God, and they shall be
my people.
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And the nations shall know that I am YHWH that sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary
shall be in the midst of them for evermore.