Ezekiel 37:4-14

New International Version

⁴ Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!^{(A) 5} This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath^[a] enter you, and you will come to life.^{(B) 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.^(C)’”

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;^(D) prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds^(E) and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” ¹⁰ So I prophesied as he commanded^(F) me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.^(G)

¹¹ Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’^{(H) 12} Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel.^{(I) 13} Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord,^(J) when I open your graves and bring you up from them.^{(K) 14} I will put my Spirit^(L) in you and you will live, and I will settle^(M) you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.^(N)’”