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The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and brought· me ·out in the spirit of Jehovah , and rested me in the midst of the vale and it◦ was full of bones ,
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and caused me to pass by◦ them all around; and, behold, there were very many on the face of the vale; and behold, they were very dry.
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And He said unto▵ me, Son of man , can these bones live? And I said , O Lord Jehovih*, Thou◦ knowest.
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And He said unto▵ me, Prophesy upon these bones , and say unto▵ them, O ye dry bones , hear the word of Jehovah .
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Thus says the Lord Jehovih unto these bones ; Behold, I◦ will cause spirit to come into you, and you shall live;
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and I will put ◦ sinews on you, and will bring··up flesh upon you, and cover over you with skin , and put ◦ spirit in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I◦ am Jehovah .
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And I prophesied as◦ I was commanded ; and as I prophesied, there was a voice , and behold a quaking, and the bones came··near , a bone to▵ its bone .
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And I saw , and behold, sinews and flesh came··up on them, and skin covered over them above; but there was no spirit in them.
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And He said unto▵ me, Prophesy to▵ the spirit, prophesy, son of man , and say to▵ the wind , Thus says the Lord Jehovih : Come from the four winds , O spirit*, and breathe into these that were killed , and they will live.
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And I prophesied as◦ He commanded me, and the spirit came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet , a very, very great host.
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And He said to▵ me, Son of man , these bones are all the house of Israel ; behold, they◦ say , Our bones are dried ··up, and our hope◦ is··lost; for ourselves we are severed.
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Therefore prophesy and say unto▵ them, Thus says the Lord Jehovih : Behold, O My people, I◦ will open your graves , and cause you to come ··up out··of your graves , and bring you onto▵ the ground of Israel .
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And you shall know that I◦ am Jehovah , when I have opened your graves , O My people, and brought· you ·up out··of your graves ,
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and shall put ◦ My spirit in you, and you shall live, and I shall place you on your own ground; and you shall know that I◦, Jehovah , have spoken it, and done it, says ◦ Jehovah .
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And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ me, saying,
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And thou◦, son of man , take for thyself one piece of wood , and write on it, For Judah , and for the sons of Israel his friends; then take one piece of wood , and write on it, For Joseph , the piece of wood of Ephraim , and for all the house of Israel his friends:
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and bring· them ·near , one to▵ the other* one to thee, into one piece of wood , and they shall be one in thy hand .
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And when▵ the sons of thy people shall say unto▵ thee, saying, Wilt thou not tell us what these mean to thee?
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speak to▵ them, Thus says the Lord Jehovih : Behold, I◦ will take the wood of Joseph , which is in the hand of Ephraim , and the tribes ◦ of Israel his friends, and will put ◦ them upon him, with◦ the wood of Judah , and make them one piece of wood , and they shall be one in My hand .
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And the pieces of wood upon which thou writest shall be in thy hand before▫ their eyes .
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And speak to▵ them, Thus says the Lord Jehovih : Behold, I◦ will take the sons of Israel from among the nations , whither they be gone◦, and will bring · them ·together all around, and bring them onto▵ their own ground;
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and I will make them into one nation in the land upon◦ the mountains of Israel ; and one king shall be for a king to them all; and they shall be no◦ more◦ two nations , neither shall they be halved any··more into◦ two kingdoms any··more.
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Neither shall they make· themselves ·unclean 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 dwellingplaces, wherein◦ they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be to Me for a people, and I◦ will be to them for a God .
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And My servant David shall be king over them, and there shall be one shepherd for them all; and they shall walk ◦ in My judgments , and keep My statutes , and do them.
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And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob My servant , wherein◦ your fathers have dwelt ; and they shall dwell in it, even they◦, and their sons, and their sons’ sons to◦ eternity ; and My servant David shall be chief to them to eternity .
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And I will cut a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an eternal covenant with◦ them; and I will give them and multiply them, and will put ◦ My sanctuary in their midst to eternity .
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And My habitation shall be over them; and I will be to them for a God and they◦ shall be to Me for a people.
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And the nations shall know that I◦, Jehovah , shall sanctify Israel , when My sanctuary is in their midst to eternity .