The handof the LORDwasuponme, and carried me outin the spiritof the LORD, and set me downin the midstof the valleywhich was fullof bones, And caused me to passbythem round about: and, behold, there were verymanyinthe openvalley; and, lo, they were verydry. And he saiduntome, Sonof man, can theseboneslive? And I answered, O LordGOD, thouknowest. Again he saiduntome, Prophesyuponthesebones, and sayuntothem, O ye drybones, hearthe wordof the LORD. Thussaiththe LordGODunto thesebones; Behold, Iwill cause breathto enterinto you, and ye shall live: And I will laysinewsuponyou, and will bring upfleshuponyou, and coveryou with skin, and putbreathin you, and ye shall live; and ye shall knowthatI am the LORD. So I prophesiedasI was commanded: and as I prophesied, there wasa noise, and beholda shaking, and the bonescame together, bonetohis bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinewsand the fleshcame upuponthem, and the skincoveredthem above: but there was nobreathin them. Then saidhe untome, Prophesyuntothe wind, prophesy, sonof man, and saytothe wind, Thussaiththe LordGOD; Comefrom the fourwinds, O breath, and breatheupon theseslain, that they may live. So I prophesiedashe commandedme, and the breathcameinto them, and they lived, and stood upupontheir feet, an exceedinggreatarmy. Then he saiduntome, Sonof man, thesebonesare the wholehouseof Israel: behold, they say, Our bonesare dried, and our hopeis lost: we are cut offfor our parts. Thereforeprophesyand sayuntothem, Thussaiththe LordGOD; Behold, O my people, Iwill openyour graves, and cause you to come upout of your graves, and bringyou intothe landof Israel. And ye shall knowthatI am the LORD, when I have openedyour graves, O my people, and brought you upout of your graves, And shall putmy spiritin you, and ye shall live, and I shall placeyou inyour own land: then shall ye knowthatIthe LORDhave spoken it , and performed it , saiththe LORD. The wordof the LORDcameagain untome, saying, Moreover, thousonof man, takethee onestick, and writeuponit, For Judah, and for the childrenof Israelhis companions: then takeanotherstick, and writeuponit, For Joseph, the stickof Ephraim, and for allthe houseof Israelhis companions: And jointhem onetoanotherinto onestick; and they shall becomeonein thine hand. And whenthe childrenof thy peopleshall speakuntothee, saying, Wilt thou notshowus whatthou meanest by these? Sayuntothem, Thussaiththe LordGOD; Behold, Iwill takethe stickof Joseph, which is in the handof Ephraim, and the tribesof Israelhis fellows, and will putthem withhim, even withthe stickof Judah, and makethem onestick, and they shall beonein mine hand. And the stickswhereonthou writestshall bein thine handbefore their eyes. And sayuntothem, Thussaiththe LordGOD; Behold, Iwill takethe childrenof Israelfrom amongthe heathen, whitherthey be gone, and will gatherthem on every side, and bringthem intotheir own land: And I will makethem onenationin the landupon the mountainsof Israel; and onekingshall bekingto them all: and they shall benomoretwonations, neithershall they be dividedinto twokingdomsany more at all: Neithershall they defilethemselves any morewith their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with anyof their transgressions: but I will savethem out of alltheir dwelling places, whereinthey have sinned, and will cleansethem: so shall they bemy people, and Iwill betheir God. And Davidmy servant shall be kingoverthem; and they allshall haveoneshepherd: they shall also walkin my judgments, and observemy statutes, and dothem. And they shall dwellinthe landthatI have givenunto Jacobmy servant, whereinyour fathershave dwelt; and they shall dwelltherein, even they, and their children, and their children's childrenforever: and my servantDavid shall be their princeforever. Moreover I will makea covenantof peacewith them; it shall bean everlastingcovenantwiththem: and I will placethem, and multiplythem, and will setmy sanctuaryin the midstof them forevermore. My tabernaclealso shall bewiththem: yea, I will betheir God, and theyshall bemy people. And the heathenshall knowthatIthe LORDdo sanctifyIsrael, when my sanctuaryshall bein the midstof them forevermore.