A Reading from the Prophet Ezekiel 37:1-14
The hand of God was upon me, and I was carried away by the Spirit, and set down in a valley full of bones. God led me up and down and all around them. There were very many bones lying in the valley, and they were very dry. God asked me, “Human One, can these bones live?” I answered, “You alone know that.” Then God said to me, “Prophesy to these bones! Say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear God’s word!’” God said this to the bones, “I am now going to make breath enter you, and you shall live. I will put sinews upon you and will make flesh grow on you. I will cover you with skin and put breath in you so that you will live. And you will know that I am God.”
I prophesied as told. A sound started up, as I was prophesying, a noise, a rattling like thunder, and the bones came together, bone joining bone. I looked. There were sinews on them, and flesh was growing on them. God said to me, “Prophesy to the winds, prophesy Human One, and say to the wind, ‘Come from the four winds, O Spirit, and breathe upon these dead that they may come to life.’” I thus prophesied, and the spirit came into them, and they stood on their feet, a vast multitude.
God said to me, “Human One, these bones are the whole house of My people. They keep saying ‘Our bones are dry, our hope has gone, we are cut off.’ Therefore, prophesy! Say to them, ‘The God-Who-Is says this: Look! I am going to open your graves. I will raise you from your graves, My people, and I will bring you back. You will know that I am your God when I open your graves and bring you up from them. You are My people. I will put My spirit in you, and you will live. Then you will know that I, God, have spoken, - and thus it is accomplished, declares your God.’”
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