Jubilee2000 - Ezekiel - 37

37:1  And the hand of the LORD was upon me and took me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the midst of a field which [was] full of bones,

37:2  and caused me to pass by them round about; and, behold, [there were] very many upon the face of the field; and [they were] very dry.

37:3  And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

37:4  Then he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones hear the word of the LORD.

37:5  Thus hath the Lord GOD said unto these bones: Behold, I will cause spirit to enter into you, and ye shall live:

37:6  And I will lay nerves upon you and will bring up flesh upon you and cover you with skin and put spirit in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

37:7  So I prophesied as I was commanded, and as I prophesied, there was a thunder, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

37:8  And I beheld, and behold nerves upon them and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but [there was] no spirit in them.

37:9  Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the spirit, prophesy, son of man, and say to the spirit, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Come from the four winds, O spirit, and breathe upon these slain, and they shall live.

37:10  And I prophesied as he commanded me, and the spirit entered into them, and they lived and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

37:11  Then he said unto me, Son of man, all these bones are the house of Israel; behold, they say, Our bones have dried, and our hope is lost, and in ourselves we are totally cut off.

37:12  Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Behold, O my people, I open your graves and will cause you to come up out of your graves and bring you into the land of Israel.

37:13  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

37:14  and shall put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall cause you to rest upon your [own] land; then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken [it] and performed [it], said the LORD.

37:15  And the word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

37:16  Thou, son of man, take one stick and write upon it: To Judah, and to the sons of Israel his companions; then take another stick and write upon it: To Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and to all the house of Israel his companions:

37:17  and join them one to another that they might become one; and they shall be one in thy hand.

37:18  And when the sons of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou [meanest] by these?

37:19  Say unto them, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Behold, I take the stick of Joseph, which [is] in the hand of Ephraim, 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 my hand.

37:20  And the sticks upon which thou dost write shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

37:21  And thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath the Lord GOD said; Behold, I take the sons of Israel from among the Gentiles, where they be gone and will gather them on every side and bring them into their [own] land;

37:22  and I will make them one nation in the land in the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall no longer be two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

37:23  neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their abominations, nor with all their rebellions, but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, in which they have sinned and will cleanse them, so they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

37:24  And David my servant [shall be] king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd; they shall also walk within my rights and keep my statutes and do them.

37:25  And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, in which your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, [even] they and their sons and their son's sons for ever; and my servant David [shall be] their prince for ever.

37:26  Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will plant them and multiply them and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

37:27  And my tabernacle shall be in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

37:28  And the Gentiles shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.: