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,
2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will 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.
7 So I prophesied 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.
8 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.
9 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.
10 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.
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.
15 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28 And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

1The hand of the Lord was vpon mee, and caried mee out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set mee downe in the middest of the valley which was full of bones,

2And caused mee to passe by them round about, and beholde, there were very many in the open valley, and loe, they were very drie.

3And hee said vnto mee, Sonne of man, can these bones liue? and I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.

4Againe he said vnto me, Prophecie vpon these bones, and say vnto them; O yee drie bones, heare the word of the Lord.

5Thus saith the Lord God vnto these bones, Behold, I wil cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall liue.

6And I wil lay sinewes vpon you, and wil bring vp flesh vpon you, and couer you with skinne, and put breath in you, and ye shall liue, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

7So I prophecied as I was commanded: and as I prophecied, there was a noise, and beholde a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

8And when I beheld, loe, the sinews and the flesh came vp vpon them, and the skin couered them aboue; but there was no breath in them.

9Then said he vnto mee, Prophecie vnto the winde, prophecie sonne of man, and say to the winde, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the foure windes, O breath, and breathe vpon these slaine, that they may liue.

10So I prophecied as he commanded mee, and the breath came into them, and they liued, and stood vp vpon their feet, an exceeding great armie.

11¶ Then he said vnto me, Sonne of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say; Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost, wee are cut off for our parts.

12Therefore prophecie and say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, O my people, I wil open your graues, and cause you to come vp out of your graues, and bring you into the land of Israel.

13And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I haue opened your graues, O my people, and brought you vp out of your graues,

14And shall put my spirit in you, and yee shall liue, and I shall place you in your owne land: then shall ye know that I the Lord haue spoken it, and perfourmed it, saith the Lord.

15¶ The word of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying;

16Moreouer thou sonne of man, take thee one sticke, and write vpon it, For Iudah and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another sticke, and write vpon it; For Ioseph the sticke of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions.

17And ioyne them one to another into one sticke, and they shall become one in thine hand.

18¶ And when the children of thy people shall speake vnto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew vs what thou meanest by these?

19Say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will take the sticke of Ioseph which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellowes, and will put them with him, euen with the sticke of Iudah, and make them one sticke, and they shall be one in mine hand.

20 And the stickes whereon thou writest, shalbe in thine hand before their eyes.

21And say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen whither they be gone, and will gather them on euery side, and bring them into their owne land.

22And I will make them one nation in the land vpon the mountaines of Israel, and one King shall be king to them all: and they shalbe no more two nations, neither shall they bee diuided into two kingdomes any more at all.

23Neither shall they defile themselues any more with their idoles, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will saue them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they haue sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

24And Dauid my seruant shall be King ouer them, and they all shall haue one shepheard: they shall also walke in my iudgements, and obserue my statutes, and doe them.

25And they shall dwell in the land that I haue giuen vnto Iacob my seruant, wherin your fathers haue dwelt, and they shall dwell therein, euen they and their children, and their childrens children for euer, and my seruant Dauid shalbe their prince for euer.

26Moreouer I will make a couenant of peace with them, it shall be an euerlasting couenant wich them, and I will place them and multiply them, and will set my Sanctuary in the middest of them for euermore.

27My Tabernacle also shalbe with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shalbe my people.

28And the heathen shal know that I the Lord doe sanctifie Israel, when my Sanctuarie shalbe in the middest of them for euermore.

I == Ezek 1:3 ; 3:14 ; 8:3 ; 11:24 ; Luke 4:1

III == Deut 32:39 ; 1st Sam 2:6 ; JOhn 5:21 ; Rom 4:17 ; 2nd cor 1:9

V == Ps 104:30 ; Ezek 37:9

VI == Ezek 6:7 ; 35:12 ; Joel 2:27 ; 3:17

IX == Ps 104:30 ; Ezek 37:5

X == Rev 11:11

XI == Ps 141:7 ; Isa 49:14

XII == Isa 26:19 ; Ezek 36:24 ; 37:25 ; Hos 13:14

XIV == Ezek 36:27

XVI == Num 17:2 ; 2nd Chr 11:12-13 , 16 ; 15:9 ; 30:11 , 18

XIX == Zech 10:6 ; Ezek 37:16-17

XXII == Isa 11:13 ; Jer 3:18 ; 50:4 ; Ezek 34:23-24 ; Hos 1:11 ; John 10:16

XXIV == Isa 40:11 ; Jer 23:5 ; 30:9 ; Ezek 34:23-24 ; 36:27 ; 37:22 ; Hos 3:5 ; Luke 1:32 ; John 10:16

XXV == Isa 60:21 ; Ezek 36:28 ; 37:24 ; Joel 3:20 ; Amos 9:15 ; John 12:34

XXVI == Ps 89:3 ; Isa 55:3 ; Jer 32:40 ; Ezek 34:25 ; 36:10 , 37 ; 2nd Cor 6:16

XXVII == Lev 26:11-12 ; Ezek 11:20 ; 14:11 ; 36:28 ; 43:7 ; John 1:14

XXVIII == Ezek 20:12 ; 36:23

1 The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he led me out in the spirit of the LORD and set me in the center of the plain, which was now filled with bones.

2 He made me walk among them in every direction so that I saw how many they were on the surface of the plain. How dry they were!

3 He asked me: Son of man, can these bones come to life? "Lord GOD," I answered, "you alone know that."

4 Then he said to me: Prophesy over these bones, and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

5 Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: See! I will bring spirit into you, that you may come to life.

6 I will put sinews upon you, make flesh grow over you, cover you with skin, and put spirit in you so that you may come to life and know that I am the LORD.

7 I prophesied as I had been told, and even as I was prophesying I heard a noise; it was a rattling as the bones came together, bone joining bone.

8 I saw the sinews and the flesh come upon them, and the skin cover them, but there was no spirit in them.

9 Then he said to me: Prophesy to the spirit, prophesy, son of man, and say to the spirit: Thus says the Lord GOD: From the four winds come, O spirit, and breathe into these slain that they may come to life.

10 I prophesied as he told me, and the spirit came into them; they came alive and stood upright, a vast army.

11 Then he said to me: Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They have been saying, "Our bones are dried up, our hope is lost, and we are cut off."

12 Therefore, prophesy and say to them: Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel.

13 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people!

14 I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the LORD. I have promised, and I will do it, says the LORD.

15 Thus the word of the LORD came to me:

16 Now, son of man, take a single stick, and write on it: Judah and those Israelites who are associated with him. Then take another stick and write on it: Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.

17 Then join the two sticks together, so that they form one stick in your hand.

18 When your countrymen ask you, "Will you not tell us what you mean by all this?",

19 answer them: Thus says the Lord GOD: (I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and of the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will join to it the stick of Judah, making them a single stick; they shall be one in my hand.

20 The sticks on which you write you shall hold up before them to see.

21 Tell them: Thus speaks the Lord GOD:) I will take the Israelites from among the nations to which they have come, and gather them from all sides to bring them back to their land.

22 I will make them one nation upon the land, in the mountains of Israel, and there shall be one prince for them all. Never again shall they be two nations, and never again shall they be divided into two kingdoms.

23 No longer shall they defile themselves with their idols, their abominations, and all their transgressions. I will deliver them from all their sins of apostasy, and cleanse them so that they may be my people and I may be their God.

24 My servant David shall be prince over them, and there shall be one shepherd for them all; they shall live by my statutes and carefully observe my decrees.

25 They shall live on the land which I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where their fathers lived; they shall live on it forever, they, and their children, and their children's children, with my servant David their prince forever.

26 I will make with them a covenant of peace; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will multiply them, and put my sanctuary among them forever.

27 My dwelling shall be with them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

28 Thus the nations shall know that it is I, the LORD, who make Israel holy, when my sanctuary shall be set up among them forever.

v 1-14. God gave two signs to confirm the promises of chapter 36, the first being the valley of dry bones. The bones are so dry they cannot live without God doing it. The explanation is in v 12-14. The bones are all Israel living at the time of restoration, and the graves are the countries where they are scattered. They did not come together all at once but first a shaking, then sinews and flesh appearing. Regathering at the present is only a start, fulfillment of that to come when Christ returns to establish His Kingdom. Conversion will take place at that time before they can enter the Millennium, and the breath that enters into them shows them a living factor in last days. Also they will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

v 15-28. The other sign is two sticks joined together in Ezekiel’s hand. The name of Ephraim on one and Judah on the other make it very clear that this is a restoration of the North and South Kingdoms as one nation. They will be cleansed with their new heart, 36,26, and no more worship idols. As stated in 34:23,24, this prince is probably Christ, but other prince or princes are also mentioned other places.