³ And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

¹⁵ And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

² Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,