"The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in
the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the
valley which was full of bones,-And caused me to pass by
them round about; and behold there were many in the
open valley; and lo, they were very dry. And he said
unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answer-
ed, O Lord God thou knowest.-Again he said unto me,
Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry
bones, hear ye the word of the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones, Behold, I will
cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live,—And I
will lay sinews upon you, and shall 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 the Lord.-So I pro-
phesied, as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there
was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came
together, bone to his bone.-And when I beheld, lo, the
sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin
covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy,
Son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God,
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon
these slain, that they may live-So 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."
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