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The hand[H3027] of the LORD[H3068] was upon me, and carried me out[H3318] in the spirit[H7307] of the LORD[H3068], and set me down[H5117] in the midst[H8432] of the valley[H1237] which was full[H4392] of bones[H6106],
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And caused me to pass[H5674] by them round about[H5439]: and, behold, there were very[H3966]many[H7227] in the open[H6440]valley[H1237]; and, lo, they were very[H3966]dry[H3002].
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And he said[H559] unto me, Son[H1121] of man[H120], can these bones[H6106]live?[H2421] And I answered[H559], O Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], thou knowest[H3045].
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Again he said[H559] unto me, Prophesy[H5012] upon these bones[H6106], and say[H559] unto them, O ye dry[H3002]bones[H6106], hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068].
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Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] unto these bones[H6106]; Behold, I will cause breath[H7307] to enter[H935] into you, and ye shall live[H2421]:
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And I will lay[H5414]sinews[H1517] upon you, and will bring up[H5927]flesh[H1320] upon you, and cover[H7159] you with skin[H5785], and put[H5414]breath[H7307] in you, and ye shall live[H2421]; and ye shall know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068].
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So I prophesied[H5012] as I was commanded[H6680]: and as I prophesied[H5012], there was a noise[H6963], and behold a shaking[H7494], and the bones[H6106] came together[H7126], bone[H6106] to his bone[H6106].
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And when I beheld[H7200], lo, the sinews[H1517] and the flesh[H1320] came up[H5927] upon them, and the skin[H5785]covered[H7159] them above[H4605]: but there was no breath[H7307] in them.
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Then said[H559] he unto me, Prophesy[H5012] unto the wind[H7307], prophesy[H5012], son[H1121] of man[H120], and say[H559] to the wind[H7307], Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Come[H935] from the four[H702]winds[H7307], O breath[H7307], and breathe[H5301] upon these slain[H2026], that they may live[H2421].
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So I prophesied[H5012] as he commanded[H6680] me, and the breath[H7307]came[H935] into them, and they lived[H2421], and stood up[H5975] upon their feet[H7272], an exceeding[H3966]great[H1419]army[H2428].
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Then he said[H559] unto me, Son[H1121] of man[H120], these bones[H6106] are the whole house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]: behold, they say[H559], Our bones[H6106] are dried[H3001], and our hope[H8615] is lost[H6]: we are cut off[H1504] for our parts.
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Therefore prophesy[H5012] and say[H559] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Behold, O my people[H5971], I will open[H6605] your graves[H6913], and cause you to come up[H5927] out of your graves[H6913], and bring[H935] you into the land[H127] of Israel[H3478].
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And ye shall know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068], when I have opened[H6605] your graves[H6913], O my people[H5971], and brought you up[H5927] out of your graves[H6913],
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And shall put[H5414] my spirit[H7307] in you, and ye shall live[H2421], and I shall place[H3240] you in your own land[H127]: then shall ye know[H3045] that I the LORD[H3068] have spoken[H1696] it, and performed[H6213] it, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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The word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came again unto me, saying[H559],
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Moreover, thou son[H1121] of man[H120], take[H3947] thee one[H259]stick[H6086], and write[H3789] upon it, For Judah[H3063], and for the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] his companions[H2270]: then take[H3947]another[H259]stick[H6086], and write[H3789] upon it, For Joseph[H3130], the stick[H6086] of Ephraim[H669], and for all the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] his companions[H2270]:
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And join[H7126] them one[H259] to another[H259] into one[H259]stick[H6086]; and they shall become one[H259] in thine hand[H3027].
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And when the children[H1121] of thy people[H5971] shall speak[H559] unto thee, saying[H559], Wilt thou not shew[H5046] us what thou meanest by these?
19Say[H1696] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Behold, I will take[H3947] the stick[H6086] of Joseph[H3130], which is in the hand[H3027] of Ephraim[H669], and the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] his fellows[H2270], and will put[H5414] them with him, even with the stick[H6086] of Judah[H3063], and make[H6213] them one[H259]stick[H6086], and they shall be one[H259] in mine hand[H3027].
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And the sticks[H6086] whereon thou writest[H3789] shall be in thine hand[H3027] before their eyes[H5869].
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And say[H1696] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Behold, I will take[H3947] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] from among[H996] the heathen[H1471], whither they be gone[H1980], and will gather[H6908] them on every side[H5439], and bring[H935] them into their own land[H127]:
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And I will make[H6213] them one[H259]nation[H1471] in the land[H776] upon the mountains[H2022] of Israel[H3478]; and one[H259]king[H4428] shall be[H5750]king[H4428] to them all: and they shall be[H5750] no more two[H8147]nations[H1471], neither shall they be[H5750]divided[H2673] into two[H8147]kingdoms[H4467] any more at all:
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Neither shall they defile[H2930] themselves any more with their idols[H1544], nor with their detestable things[H8251], nor with any of their transgressions[H6588]: but I will save[H3467] them out of all their dwellingplaces[H4186], wherein they have sinned[H2398], and will cleanse[H2891] them: so shall they be my people[H5971], and I will be their God[H430].
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And David[H1732] my servant[H5650] shall be king[H4428] over them; and they all shall have one[H259]shepherd[H7462]: they shall also walk[H3212] in my judgments[H4941], and observe[H8104] my statutes[H2708], and do[H6213] them.
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And they shall dwell[H3427] in the land[H776] that I have given[H5414] unto Jacob[H3290] my servant[H5650], wherein your fathers[H1] have dwelt[H3427]; and they shall dwell[H3427] therein, even they, and their children[H1121], and their children[H1121]'s children[H1121]for[H5704]ever[H5769]: and my servant[H5650]David[H1732] shall be their prince[H5387]for[H5704]ever[H5769].
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Moreover I will make[H3772] a covenant[H1285] of peace[H7965] with them; it shall be an everlasting[H5769]covenant[H1285] with them: and I will place[H5414] them, and multiply[H7235] them, and will set[H5414] my sanctuary[H4720] in the midst[H8432] of them for evermore[H5769].
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My tabernacle[H4908] also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God[H430], and they shall be my people[H5971].
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And the heathen[H1471] shall know[H3045] that I the LORD[H3068] do sanctify[H6942]Israel[H3478], when my sanctuary[H4720] shall be in the midst[H8432] of them for evermore[H5769].