37:1  The hand of the LORD came 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 appeared full of bones.

37:2  He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, I saw very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they appeared very dry.

37:3  He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know."

37:4  Again He said to me, " Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.'

37:5  "Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.

37:6  '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 Me as the LORD.'"

37:7  So I prophesied as He commanded me; and as I prophesied, I heard a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

37:8  And I looked, and behold, sinews formed on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but I could detect no breath in them.

37:9  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."'"

37:10  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.

37:11  Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones represent the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, 'Our bones have dried up and our hope has perished We feel completely cut off.'

37:12  "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.

37:13   "Then you will know Me as the LORD, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people.

37:14  "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.'"

37:15  The word of the LORD came again to me saying,

37:16  "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.'

37:17  "Then join them for yourself one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

37:18  "When the sons of your people speak to you saying, 'Will you not declare to us what you mean by these?'

37:19  say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which lies 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 appear as one in My hand."'

37:20  "The sticks on which you write you will have in your hand before their eyes.

37:21  "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;

37:22  and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will serve all of them; and they will no longer consist of two nations and no longer will we have division into two kingdoms.

37:23  "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 I will call them My people and they will call me their God.

37:24  "My servant David will serve as king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them.

37:25  "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 serve as their prince forever.

37:26  "I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant with them And I will place them and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever.

37:27  "My dwelling place also will remain with them; and they will call me their God and I will call you My people.

37:28  "And the nations will know Me as the LORD who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary stands in their midst forever."'"