¹ 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,

² 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.

³ And He said unto^▵ me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I said, O Lord Jehovih^*, Thou^◦ knowest.

⁴ And He said unto^▵ me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto^▵ them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.

⁵ Thus says the Lord Jehovih unto these bones; Behold, I^◦ will cause spirit to come into you, and you shall live;

⁶ 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.

⁷ 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.

⁸ 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.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ 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.

¹¹ 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.

¹² 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.

¹³ 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,

¹⁴ 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.

¹⁵ And the word of Jehovah was unto^▵ me, saying,

¹⁶ 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:

¹⁷ and bring· them ·near, one to^▵ the other^* one to thee, into one piece of wood, and they shall be one in thy hand.

¹⁸ And when^▵ the sons of thy people shall say unto^▵ thee, saying, Wilt thou not tell us what these mean to thee?

¹⁹ 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.

²⁰ And the pieces of wood upon which thou writest shall be in thy hand before^▫ their eyes.

²¹ 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;

²² 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.

²³ 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.

²⁴ 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.

²⁵ 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.

²⁶ 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.

²⁷ 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.

²⁸ And the nations shall know that I^◦, Jehovah, shall sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst to eternity.