Ezekiel 36:24-37:5

English Standard Version

²⁴^(A)I will take you ^(B)from the nations and gather you from all the countries and ^(C)bring you into your own land. ²⁵^(D)I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from ^(E)all your uncleannesses, and ^(F)from all your idols ^(G)I will cleanse you. ²⁶And I will give you ^(H)a new heart, and ^(I)a new spirit I will put within you. ^(J)And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. ²⁷^(K)And I will put my Spirit within you, ^(L)and cause you to walk in my statutes and ^(M)be careful to obey my rules.^[a] ²⁸^(N)You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and ^(O)you shall be my people, and I will be your God. ²⁹And ^(P)I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And ^(Q)I will summon the grain and make it abundant and ^(R)lay no famine upon you. ³⁰^(S)I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, ^(T)that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. ³¹Then ^(U)you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations. ³²^(V)It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

³³“Thus says the Lord God: On the day that ^(W)I cleanse you from all your iniquities, ^(X)I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. ³⁴And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. ³⁵And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like ^(Y)the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ ³⁶Then ^(Z)the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and ^(AA)replanted that which was desolate. ^(AB)I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.

³⁷“Thus says the Lord God: This also ^(AC)I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: ^(AD)to increase their people like ^(AE)a flock. ³⁸Like the flock for sacrifices,^[b] ^(AF)like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so ^(AG)shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. ^(AH)Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

The Valley of Dry Bones

37 ^(AI)The hand of the Lord was upon me, and ^(AJ)he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley;^[c] it was full of bones. ²And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. ³And he said to me, ^(AK)“Son of man, ^(AL)can these bones live?” And ^(AM)I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” ⁴Then he said to me, ^(AN)“Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, ^(AO)O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. ⁵Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause ^(AP)breath^[d] to enter you, and you shall live.