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Vision
of the Valley of Dry Bones |
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Ezekiel 37:1
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The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought
me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley;
and it was full of bones. |
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Ezekiel 37:2
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He caused me to pass among them round about,
and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were
very dry. |
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Ezekiel 37:3
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He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones
live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know." |
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Ezekiel 37:4
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Again He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones
and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.' |
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Ezekiel 37:5
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"Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold,
I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. |
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Ezekiel 37:6
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'I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back
on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and
you will know that I am the LORD.'" |
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Ezekiel 37:7
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So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I
prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together,
bone to its bone. |
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Ezekiel 37:8
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And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them,
and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them. |
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Ezekiel 37:9
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Then 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 come to life."'" |
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Ezekiel 37:10
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So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the
breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly
great army. |
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The Vision Explained |
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Ezekiel 37:11
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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 has perished. We are completely cut off.' |
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Ezekiel 37:12
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"Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says
the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of
your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. |
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Ezekiel 37:13
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"Then you will know that I am the LORD, when
I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people. |
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Ezekiel 37:14
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"I will put My Spirit within you and you will
come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I,
the LORD, have spoken and done it," declares the LORD.'" |
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Reunion of Judah and Israel |
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Ezekiel 37:15
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The word of the LORD came again to me saying,
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Ezekiel 37:16
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"And you, son of man, take for yourself one
stick and write on it, 'For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions';
then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and
all the house of Israel, his companions.' |
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Ezekiel 37:17
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"Then join them for yourself one to another
into one stick, that they may become one in your hand. |
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Ezekiel 37:18
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"When the sons of your people speak to you saying,
'Will you not declare to us what you mean by these?' |
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Ezekiel 37:19
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say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "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, with the stick of Judah,
and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand."' |
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Ezekiel 37:20
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"The sticks on which you write will be in your
hand before their eyes. |
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Ezekiel 37:21
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"Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold,
I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and
I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; |
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Ezekiel 37:22
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and I will make them one nation in the land,
on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they
will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms. |
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Ezekiel 37:23
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"They will no longer defile themselves with
their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions;
but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned,
and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God. |
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The Davidic Kingdom |
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Ezekiel 37:24
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"My servant David will be king over them, and
they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep
My statutes and observe them. |
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Ezekiel 37:25
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"They will live on the land that I gave to Jacob
My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their
sons and their sons' sons, forever; and David My servant will be their prince
forever. |
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Ezekiel 37:26
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"I will make a covenant of peace with them;
it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and multiply
them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever. |
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Ezekiel 37:27
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"My dwelling place also will be with them; and
I will be their God, and they will be My people. |
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Ezekiel 37:28
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"And the nations will know that I am the LORD
who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever."'" |
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