Eze 37 | ABEn | STEP | And [ 3 came 4 upon 5 me 1 the hand 2 of the lord ], and it led me by spirit of the lord , and put me in the midst of the plain, and this was full of bones of humans.

‏ Ezekiel 37

CHAPTER 37 The Plain of Dry Bones

1 And [³came ⁴upon ⁵me ¹the hand ²of the lord], and it led me by spirit of the lord, and put me in the midst of the plain, and this was full of bones of humans. 2 And he led me unto them, round about in a circuit. And behold, [²many ¹exceedingly] were upon the face of the plain -- [²dry ¹exceedingly]. 3 And he said to me, O son of man, shall [³live ²bones ¹these]? and I said, O Lord, O lord, you know these things. 4 And he said to me, Prophesy over these bones! and you shall say to them, O [²bones ¹dry], hear the word of the lord.

The Dry Bones Live

5 Thus says the Lord the lord to these bones; Behold, I shall bring into you a spirit of life. 6 And I shall put upon you nerves, and I will lead [²upon ³you ¹flesh], and I shall stretch out upon you skin, and I will put my spirit into you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the lord. 7 And I prophesied as he gave charge to me. And came to pass a sound in my prophesying, and behold, a quake; and came forward the bones to bone to its joint. 8 And I beheld, and behold, upon them nerves and flesh germinated, and [²ascended ³upon ⁴them ¹skin] above; but [²breath ¹there was no] in them. 9 And he said to me, Prophesy over the wind! Prophesy, O son of man, and say to the wind! Thus says the Lord the lord; From out of the four winds, come wind and breathe onto these dead, and let them live! 10 And I prophesied in so far as he gave charge to me, and [³entered ⁴into ⁵them ¹the ²wind], and they lived; and they stood upon their feet, [⁴gathering ³great ¹a very ²exceedingly]. 11 And the lord spoke to me, saying, O son of man, these bones [²all ³the house ⁴of Israel ¹are]. And they say, [⁴dry ³are ²bones ¹Our]; [³is destroyed ²hope ¹our]; we are perished. 12 On account of this prophesy and say! Thus says the Lord the lord; Behold, I shall open your tombs, and I shall lead you from out of your tombs, and I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And you shall know that I am the lord, by my opening your graves, for me to lead you from out of your graves, O my people. 14 And I will put my spirit into you, and you shall live. And I will put you upon your land, and you shall know that I the lord have spoken, and I will act, says the lord.

The Rejoining of Israel and Judah

15 And [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 16 And you, O son of man, take to yourself [²rod ¹one], and write upon it, Judah, and the sons of Israel of the ones set before by him! And [⁴rod ³a second ¹you shall take ²to yourself], and you shall write on it, To Joseph, the rod of Ephraim, and all the sons of Israel, of the ones set before by him. 17 And you shall join them to one another to yourself, [³into ⁵rod ⁴one ¹to bind ²them]; and they will be in your hand. 18 And it will be whenever [⁴shall speak ⁵to ⁶you ¹the ²sons ³of your people], saying, Will you not report to us what these things are to you? 19 And you shall say to them, Thus says the lord God; Behold, I shall take the tribe of Joseph, the one through the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, the ones lying near to him, and I will appoint them unto the tribe of Judah, and they shall be for [²rod ¹one], and they shall be one in the hand of Judah. 20 And [⁹shall be ¹the ²rods ³upon ⁴which ⁵you ⁶wrote ⁷upon ⁸them] in your hand before them. 21 And you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord the lord; Behold, I take all the house of Israel from out of the midst of the nations which they entered there; and I will gather them from all of the ones surrounding them; and I will bring them into the land of Israel. 22 And I will make them one nation in my land on the mountains of Israel; and [²ruler ¹one] will be for all these for king. And they will not be any longer for two nations, nor shall they be divided any longer into two kingdoms; 23 that they should not be defiled any longer by their idols, and in their stumblings, and in all their impieties. And I will rescue them from all their lawless deeds which they sinned by them, and I will cleanse them. And they will be to me for a people, and I will be to them for God. 24 And my servant David will be ruler in the midst of them; and there will be [²shepherd ¹one] for all. For by my orders they shall go, and my judgments they shall keep, and they shall do them. 25 And they shall dwell upon their land of which I gave to my servant Jacob, of which place [²dwelt ³there ¹their fathers]. And they shall dwell upon it, they and their sons and the sons of their sons unto the eon; and David my servant ruling them into the eon. 26 And I will ordain with them a covenant of peace; [³covenant ²an eternal ¹it will be] with them. And I will put them and multiply them; and I will put my holy things in their midst into the eon. 27 And [²will be ¹my shelter] among them; and I will be to them God, and they will be my people. 28 And [³shall know ¹the ²nations] that I am the lord sanctifying them, in the being of my holy things in their midst into the eon.