⁴ Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!

²⁵ Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when ^(A)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.

²⁸ Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will ^(A)hear His voice ^29 (B)and come forth—^(C)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

²¹ So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, ^(A)if you have faith and ^(B)do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, ^(C)but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done.

Blessing on Israel

36 “And you, son of man, prophesy to the ^(A)mountains of Israel, and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord!

¹¹ Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the ^(A)whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ^(B)‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’

⁵ His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”

^8 (A)“Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus ^(B)you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.”