Ezekiel 37:1-14

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The Valley of Dry Bones

37 The hand of the Lord was on me,^(A) and he brought me out by the Spirit^(B) of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley;^(C) it was full of bones.^(D) ²He 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. ³He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”

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

⁴Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!^(F) ⁵This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath^[a] enter you, and you will come to life.^(G) ⁶I 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.^(H)’”

⁷So 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. ⁸I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

⁹Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath;^(I) prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds^(J) and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” ¹⁰So I prophesied as he commanded^(K) me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.^(L)

¹¹Then 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.’^(M) ¹²Therefore 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.^(N) ¹³Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord,^(O) when I open your graves and bring you up from them.^(P) ¹⁴I will put my Spirit^(Q) in you and you will live, and I will settle^(R) you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.^(S)’”

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 37:5 The Hebrew for this word can also mean wind or spirit (see verses 6-14).

John 6:60-71

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Many Disciples Desert Jesus

⁶⁰On hearing it, many of his disciples^(A) said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”^(B)

⁶¹Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?^(C) ⁶²Then what if you see the Son of Man^(D) ascend to where he was before!^(E) ⁶³The Spirit gives life;^(F) the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit^[a] and life. ⁶⁴Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known^(G) from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.^(H) ⁶⁵He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”^(I)

⁶⁶From this time many of his disciples^(J) turned back and no longer followed him.

⁶⁷“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.^(K)

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him,^(L) “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.^(M) ⁶⁹We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”^(N)

⁷⁰Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you,^(O) the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”^(P) ⁷¹(He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,^(Q) who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)^(R)