1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. |
2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. |
3 He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"
I said, "O Sovereign LORD , you alone know." |
4 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD ! |
5 This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath1 37:5 The Hebrew for this word can also mean wind or spirit (see verses 6-14). enter you, and you will come to life. |
6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD .' " |
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. |
8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them. |
9 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.' " |
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet-a vast army. |
