Ezekiel 36:33-37:14

New International Version

³³ “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I cleanse^(A) you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins^(B) will be rebuilt.^{(C) 34} The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it. ³⁵ They will say, “This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden;^(D) the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited.^(E)” ³⁶ Then the nations around you that remain will know that I the Lord have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.’^(F)

³⁷ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Once again I will yield to Israel’s plea^(G) and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous as sheep,^{(H) 38} as numerous as the flocks for offerings^(I) at Jerusalem during her appointed festivals. So will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.^(J)”

The Valley of Dry Bones

37 The hand of the Lord was on me,^(K) and he brought me out by the Spirit^(L) of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley;^(M) it was full of bones.^{(N) 2} He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. ³ He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”

I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.^(O)”

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

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;^(S) prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds^(T) and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” ¹⁰ So I prophesied as he commanded^(U) me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.^(V)

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.’^{(W) 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.^{(X) 13} Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord,^(Y) when I open your graves and bring you up from them.^{(Z) 14} I will put my Spirit^(AA) in you and you will live, and I will settle^(AB) you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.^(AC)’”