1The hand of Jehovah was upon me , and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah , and set me down in the midst of the valley ; and it was full of bones . 2And he caused me to pass by them round about : and , behold , there were very many in the open valley ; and , lo , they were very dry . 3And he said unto me , Son of man , can these bones live ? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah , thou knowest . 4Again he said unto me , Prophesy over these bones , and say unto them , O ye dry bones , hear the word of Jehovah . 5Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones : Behold , I will cause breath to enter into you , and ye shall live . 6And I will lay sinews upon you , and will bring up flesh upon you , and cover you with skin , and put breath in you , and ye shall live ; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah . 7So I prophesied as I was commanded : and as I prophesied , there was a noise , and , behold , an earthquake ; and the bones came together , bone to its bone . 8And I beheld , and , lo , there were sinews upon them , and flesh came up , and skin covered them above ; but there was no breath in them . 9Then said he unto me , Prophesy unto the wind , prophesy , son of man , and say to the wind , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Come from the four winds , O breath , and breathe upon these slain , that they may live . 10So I prophesied as he commanded me , and the breath came into them , and they lived , and stood up upon their feet , an exceeding great army .
The Two Sticks
11Then he said unto me , Son of man , these bones are the whole house of Israel : behold , they say , Our bones are dried up , and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off . 12Therefore prophesy , and say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will open your graves , and cause you to come up out of your graves , O my people ; and I will bring you into the land of Israel . 13And ye shall know that I am Jehovah , when I have opened your graves , and caused you to come up out of your graves , O my people . 14And I will put my Spirit in you , and ye shall live , and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I , Jehovah , have spoken it and performed it , saith Jehovah . 15The word of Jehovah came again unto me , saying , 16And thou , son of man , take thee one stick , and write upon it , For Judah , and for the children of Israel his companions : then take another stick , and write upon it , For Joseph , the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions : 17and join them for thee one to another into one stick , that they may become one in thy hand . 18And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee , saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these ? 19say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will take the stick of Joseph , which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions ; and I will put them with it , even with the stick of Judah , and make them one stick , and they shall be one in my hand . 20And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes . 21And say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will take the children of Israel from among the nations , whither they are gone , and will gather them on every side , and bring them into their own land: 22and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel ; and one king shall be king to them all ; and they shall be no more two nations , neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all ;
God's Promise of Restoration
23neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols , nor with their detestable things , nor with any of their transgressions ; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned , and will cleanse them : so shall they be my people , and I will be their God . 24And my servant David shall be king over them ; and they all shall have one shepherd : they shall also walk in mine ordinances , and observe my statutes , and do them . 25And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant , wherein your fathers dwelt ; and they shall dwell therein , they , and their children , and their children ’s children , for ever : and David my servant shall be their prince for ever . 26Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them ; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them ; and I will place them , and multiply them , and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore . 27My tabernacle also shall be with them ; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people . 28And the nations shall know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth Israel , when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore .