Thematic Bible

Ezekiel 37:1

The hand of LORD was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones.

Ezekiel 37:2

And he caused me to pass by them round about. And, behold, there were very many in the open valley, and, lo, they were very dry.

Ezekiel 37:3

And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O lord LORD, thou know.

Ezekiel 37:4

Again he said to me, Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of LORD.

Ezekiel 37:5

Thus says lord LORD to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.

Ezekiel 37:6

And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live. And ye shall know that I am LORD.

Ezekiel 37:7

So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

Ezekiel 37:8

And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above, but there was no breath in them.

Ezekiel 37:9

Then he said to me, Prophesy to the wind. Prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus says lord LORD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

Ezekiel 37:10

So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.

Ezekiel 37:11

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 is lost. We are clean cut off.

Ezekiel 37:12

Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says lord LORD: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people, and I will bring you into the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 37:13

And ye shall know that I am LORD when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, O my people.

Ezekiel 37:14

And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live. And I will place you in your own land. And ye shall know that I, LORD, have spoken it and performed it, says LORD.

Ezekiel 37:15

The word of LORD came again to me, saying,

Ezekiel 37:16

And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the sons of Israel his companions. Then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his

Ezekiel 37:17

And join them one to another into one stick for thyself, that they may become one in thy hand.

Ezekiel 37:18

And when the sons of thy people shall speak to thee, saying, Will thou not show us what thou mean by these?

Ezekiel 37:19

say to them, Thus says lord LORD: 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, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one sti

Ezekiel 37:20

And the sticks on which thou write shall be in thy hand before their eyes.

Ezekiel 37:21

And say to them, Thus says lord LORD: Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land.

Ezekiel 37:22

And I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king to them all. And they shall no more be two nations, nor shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.

Ezekiel 37:23

Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions, but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places in which they have sinned, and will clean

Ezekiel 37:24

And my servant David shall be king over them, and they all shall have one shepherd. They shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

Ezekiel 37:25

And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers dwelt. And they shall dwell therein, they, and their sons, and their son's sons, forever. And David my servant shall be their ruler forev

Ezekiel 37:26

Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

Ezekiel 37:27

My tabernacle shall also be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Ezekiel 37:28

And the nations shall know that I am LORD, who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.