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1. I felt the power of the Lord on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and put me down in the middle of a valley. It was full of bones.
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1. The hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was H1961 upon H5921 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 H1931 was full H4392 of bones H6106 ,
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2. He led me around among the bones, and I saw that there were many bones in the valley and that they were very dry.
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2. And caused me to pass H5674 by H5921 them round about H5439 H5439 : and, behold H2009 , there were very H3966 many H7227 in H5921 the open H6440 valley H1237 ; and, lo H2009 , they were very H3966 dry H3002 .
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3. Then he asked me, "Human, can these bones live?" I answered, "Lord God, only you know."
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3. And he said H559 unto H413 me, Son H1121 of man H120 , can these H428 bones H6106 live H2421 ? And I answered H559 , O Lord H136 GOD H3069 , thou H859 knowest H3045 .
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4. He said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
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4. Again he said H559 unto H413 me, Prophesy H5012 upon H5921 these H428 bones H6106 , and say H559 unto H413 them , O ye dry H3002 bones H6106 , hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 .
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5. This is what the Lord God says to the bones: I will cause breath to enter you so you will come to life.
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5. Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 unto these H428 bones H6106 ; Behold H2009 , I H589 will cause breath H7307 to enter H935 into you , and ye shall live H2421 :
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6. I will put muscles on you and flesh on you and cover you with skin. Then I will put breath in you so you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'"
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6. And I will lay H5414 sinews H1517 upon H5921 you , and will bring up H5927 flesh H1320 upon H5921 you , and cover H7159 H5921 you with skin H5785 , and put H5414 breath H7307 in you , and ye shall live H2421 ; and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 .
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7. So I prophesied as I was commanded. While I prophesied, there was a noise and a rattling. The bones came together, bone to bone.
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7. So I prophesied H5012 as H834 I was commanded H6680 : and as I prophesied H5012 , there was H1961 a noise H6963 , and behold H2009 a shaking H7494 , and the bones H6106 came together H7126 , bone H6106 to H413 his bone H6106 .
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8. I looked and saw muscles come on the bones, and flesh grew, and skin covered the bones. But there was no breath in them.
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8. And when I beheld H7200 , lo H2009 , the sinews H1517 and the flesh H1320 came up H5927 upon H5921 them , and the skin H5785 covered H7159 H5921 them above H4605 : but there was no H369 breath H7307 in them.
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9. Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the wind. Prophesy, human, and say to the wind, 'This is what the Lord God says: Wind, come from the four winds, and breathe on these people who were killed so they can come back to life.'"
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9. Then said H559 he unto H413 me, Prophesy H5012 unto H413 the wind H7307 , prophesy H5012 , son H1121 of man H120 , and say H559 to H413 the wind H7307 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Come H935 from the four H4480 H702 winds H7307 , O breath H7307 , and breathe H5301 upon these H428 slain H2026 , that they may live H2421 .
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10. So I prophesied as the Lord commanded me. And the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, a very large army.
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10. So I prophesied H5012 as H834 he commanded H6680 me , and the breath H7307 came H935 into them , and they lived H2421 , and stood up H5975 upon H5921 their feet H7272 , an exceeding H3966 H3966 great H1419 army H2428 .
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11. Then he said to me, "Human, these bones are like all the people of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope has gone. We are destroyed.'
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11. Then he said H559 unto H413 me, Son H1121 of man H120 , these H428 bones H6106 are the whole H3605 house H1004 of Israel H3478 : behold H2009 , 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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12. So, prophesy and say to them, 'This is what the Lord God says: My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves. Then I will bring you into the land of Israel.
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12. Therefore H3651 prophesy H5012 and say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , O my people H5971 , I H589 will open H6605 H853 your graves H6913 , and cause you to come up H5927 out of your graves H4480 H6913 , and bring H935 you into H413 the land H127 of Israel H3478 .
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13. My people, you will know that I am the Lord when I open your graves and cause you to come up from them.
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13. And ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 , when I have opened H6605 H853 your graves H6913 , O my people H5971 , and brought you up H5927 H853 out of your graves H4480 H6913 ,
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14. And I will put my Spirit inside you, and you will come to life. Then I will put you in your own land. And you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken and done it, says the Lord.'"
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14. And shall put H5414 my spirit H7307 in you , and ye shall live H2421 , and I shall place H5117 you in H5921 your own land H127 : then shall ye know H3045 that H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696 it , and performed H6213 it , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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15. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying,
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15. The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 again unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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16. "Human, take a stick and write on it, 'For Judah and all the Israelites with him.' Then take another stick and write on it, 'The stick of Ephraim, for Joseph and all the Israelites with him.'
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16. Moreover, thou H859 son H1121 of man H120 , take H3947 thee one H259 stick H6086 , and write H3789 upon H5921 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 H5921 it , For Joseph H3130 , the stick H6086 of Ephraim H669 , and for all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 his companions H2270 :
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17. Then join them together into one stick so they will be one in your hand.
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17. And join H7126 them one H259 to H413 another H259 into one H259 stick H6086 ; and they shall become H1961 one H259 in thine hand H3027 .
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18. "When your people say to you, 'Explain to us what you mean by this,'
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18. And when H834 the children H1121 of thy people H5971 shall speak H559 unto H413 thee, saying H559 , Wilt thou not H3808 show H5046 us what H4100 thou meanest by these H428 ?
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19. say to them, 'This is what the Lord God says: I will take the stick for Joseph and the tribes of Israel with him, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and I will put it with the stick of Judah. I will make them into one stick, and they will be one in my hand.'
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19. Say H1696 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , I H589 will take H3947 H853 the stick H6086 of Joseph H3130 , which H834 is in the hand H3027 of Ephraim H669 , and the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 his fellows H2270 , and will put H5414 them with H5921 him, even with H854 the stick H6086 of Judah H3063 , and make H6213 them one H259 stick H6086 , and they shall be H1961 one H259 in mine hand H3027 .
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20. Hold the sticks on which you wrote these names in your hand so the people can see them.
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20. And the sticks H6086 whereon H834 H5921 thou writest H3789 shall be H1961 in thine hand H3027 before their eyes H5869 .
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21. Say to the people, 'This is what the Lord God says: I am going to take the people of Israel from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.
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21. And say H1696 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , I H589 will take H3947 H853 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 from among H4480 H996 the heathen H1471 , whither H834 H8033 they be gone H1980 , and will gather H6908 them on every side H4480 H5439 , and bring H935 them into H413 their own land H127 :
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22. I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. One king will rule all of them. They will never again be two nations; they will not be divided into two kingdoms anymore.
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22. 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 H1961 king H4428 to them all H3605 : and they shall be H1961 no H3808 more H5750 two H8147 nations H1471 , neither H3808 shall they be divided H2673 into two H8147 kingdoms H4467 any more at all H5750 H5750 :
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23. They will not continue to make themselves unclean by their idols, their statues of gods which I hate, or by their sins. I will save them from all the ways they sin and turn against me, and I will make them clean. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.
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23. Neither H3808 shall they defile H2930 themselves any more H5750 with their idols H1544 , nor with their detestable things H8251 , nor with any H3605 of their transgressions H6588 : but I will save H3467 them out of all H4480 H3605 their dwelling places H4186 , wherein H834 they have sinned H2398 , and will cleanse H2891 them : so shall they be H1961 my people H5971 , and I H589 will be H1961 their God H430 .
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24. "'My servant David will be their king, and they will all have one shepherd. They will live by my rules and obey my laws.
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24. And David H1732 my servant H5650 shall be king H4428 over H5921 them ; and they all H3605 shall have H1961 one H259 shepherd H7462 : they shall also walk H1980 in my judgments H4941 , and observe H8104 my statutes H2708 , and do H6213 them.
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25. They will live on the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land in which your ancestors lived. They will all live on the land forever: they, their children, and their grandchildren. David my servant will be their king forever.
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25. And they shall dwell H3427 in H5921 the land H776 that H834 I have given H5414 unto Jacob H3290 my servant H5650 , wherein H834 your fathers H1 have dwelt H3427 ; and they shall dwell H3427 therein H5921 , even they H1992 , and their children H1121 , and their children H1121 's children H1121 forever H5769 : and my servant H5650 David H1732 shall be their prince H5387 forever H5769 .
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26. I will make an agreement of peace with them, an agreement that continues forever. I will put them in their land and make them grow in number. Then I will put my Temple among them forever.
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26. Moreover I will make H3772 a covenant H1285 of peace H7965 with them ; it shall be H1961 an everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 with H854 them : and I will place H5414 them , and multiply H7235 them , and will set H5414 my sanctuary H4720 in the midst H8432 of them forevermore H5769 .
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27. The place where I live will be with them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
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27. My tabernacle H4908 also shall be H1961 with H5921 them: yea , I will be H1961 their God H430 , and they H1992 shall be H1961 my people H5971 .
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28. When my Temple is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the Lord, make Israel holy.'"
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28. And the heathen H1471 shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 do sanctify H6942 H853 Israel H3478 , when my sanctuary H4720 shall be H1961 in the midst H8432 of them forevermore H5769 .
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