bible_study/Bible/Ezekiel/Ezek 37.md

## Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones 

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The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of Yahweh and caused me to rest in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. 

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He caused me to pass among them all around, and behold, _there were_ very many on the surface of the valley; and behold, _they were_ very dry. 

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He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord Yahweh, You know." 

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Then He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh.' 

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Thus says Lord Yahweh to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. 

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I will put sinews on you, make flesh come up upon you, cover you with skin, and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am Yahweh.'" 

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So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rumbling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 

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And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh came up _upon them_, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them. 

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Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these _who were_ killed, that they may come to life."'" 

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So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great military force. 

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Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.' 

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Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. 

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Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people. 

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And I will put My Spirit within you, and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken and done it," declares Yahweh.'" 

## Israel Will No Longer be Divided 

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The word of Yahweh came again to me saying, 

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"Now as for you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it, 'For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.' 

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Then draw them together for yourself one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand. 

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And when the sons of your people speak to you saying, 'Will you not declare to us what you mean by these?' 

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say to them, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand."' 

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And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes. 

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And speak to them, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 

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and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms. 

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They also will no longer defile themselves with their idols or with their detestable things or with any of their transgressions; but I will save them from all their _places of_ habitation in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God. 

## Yahweh Cuts a Covenant 

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"And My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My judgments and keep My statutes and do them. 

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They will inhabit the land that I gave to Jacob My servant, which your fathers inhabited; and they will inhabit it, they, and their sons and their sons' sons, forever; and David My servant will be their prince forever. 

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And I will cut a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will give them _the land_ and multiply them and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever. 

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My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people. 

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And the nations will know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever."'"