Ezekiel 37:1-10

Contemporary English Version

Dry Bones Live Again

37 Some time later, I felt the Lord's power take control of me, and his Spirit carried me to a valley full of bones. ² The Lord showed me all around, and everywhere I looked I saw bones that were dried out. ³ He said, “Ezekiel, son of man, can these bones come back to life?”

I replied, “Lord God, only you can answer that.”

⁴ He then told me to say:

Dry bones, listen to what the Lord is saying to you, ⁵ “I, the Lord God, will put breath in you, and once again you will live. ⁶ I will wrap you with muscles and skin and breathe life into you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”

⁷ I did what the Lord said, but before I finished speaking, I heard a rattling noise. The bones were coming together! ⁸ I saw muscles and skin cover the bones, but they had no life in them.

⁹ The Lord said:

Ezekiel, now say to the wind,^[a] “The Lord God commands you to blow from every direction and to breathe life into these dead bodies, so they can live again.”

^10 (A) As soon as I said this, the wind blew among the bodies, and they came back to life! They all stood up, and there were enough to make a large army.