The Valley of Dry Bones

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With the hand of ADONAI upon me, ADONAI carried me out by his Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.

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He had me pass by all around them - there were so many bones lying in the valley, and they were so dry!

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He asked me, "Human being, can these bones live?" I answered, "Adonai ELOHIM! Only you know that!"

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Then he said to me, "Prophesy over these bones! Say to them, 'Dry bones! Hear what ADONAI has to say!

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To these bones Adonai ELOHIM says, "I will make breath enter you, and you will live.

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I will attach ligaments to you, make flesh grow on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you. You will live, and you will know that I am ADONAI."'"

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So I prophesied as ordered; and while I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound; it was the bones coming together, each bone in its proper place.

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As I watched, ligaments grew on them, flesh appeared and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.

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Next he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath! Prophesy, human being! Say to the breath that Adonai ELOHIM says, 'Come from the four winds, breath; and breathe on these slain, so that they can live.'"

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So I prophesied as ordered, and the breath came into them, and they were alive! They stood up on their feet, a huge army!

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Then he said to me, "Human being! These bones are the whole house of Isra'el; and they are saying, 'Our bones have dried up, our hope is gone, and we are completely cut off.'

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Therefore prophesy; say to them that Adonai ELOHIM says, 'My people! I will open your graves and make you get up out of your graves, and I will bring you into the land of Isra'el.

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Then you will know that I am ADONAI - when I have opened your graves and made you get up out of your graves, my people!

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I will put my Spirit in you; and you will be alive. Then I will place you in your own land; and you will know that I, ADONAI, have spoken, and that I have done it,' says ADONAI."

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