The hand of Yahweh was on me;
he carried me away by the spirit of
Yahweh and set me down in the
middle of the valley, a valley full of
bones. He made me walk up and
down and all around among them.
There were vast quantities of
these bones on the floor of the valley;
and they were completely
dry. He said to me, "Son of man, can these
bones live?" I said, "You
know, Lord Yahweh." He said, "Prophesy
over these bones. Say, 'Dry
bones, hear the word of Yahweh.
The Lord Yahweh says this to
these bones: I am now going to
make breath enter you, and
you will live. I shall put sinews on you,
I shall make flesh grow on
you, I shall cover you with skin and give
you breath, and you will know
that I am Yahweh.' " I prophesied as
I had been ordered. While I
was prophesying, there was a noise,
a clattering sound; it was
the bones coming together. And as I looked,
they were covered with
sinews; flesh was growing on them and skin
was covering them, yet there
was no breath in them. He said to me,
"Prophesy to the breath;
prophesy, son of man. Say to the breath,
'The Lord Yahweh says this:
Come from the four winds, breath;
breathe on these dead, so
that they come to life!' " I prophesied
as he had ordered me, and the
breath entered them; they came to
life and stood up on their feet, a great, an immense army.
