And I will lay sinewsupon you, and willbring up fleshupon you, and cover you withskin, and put breath in you, and ye shalllive; and ye shallknowthat I am the LORD.
Thensaid he unto me, Prophesyunto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thussaith the Lord GOD; Comefrom the fourwinds, O breath, and breatheupontheseslain, thatthey may live.
Then he saidunto me, Son of man, thesebones are the wholehouse of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
Thereforeprophesy and say untothem, Thussaith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I willopenyourgraves, and cause you to come up out of yourgraves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shalllive, and I shallplace you in your own land: thenshall ye knowthat I the LORDhavespoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
Moreover, thou son of man, takethee one stick, and writeupon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: thentakeanotherstick, and writeupon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
Say untothem, Thussaith the Lord GOD; Behold, I willtake the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put themwith him, evenwith the stick of Judah, and makethem one stick, and theyshall be one in minehand.
And say untothem, Thussaith the Lord GOD; Behold, I willtake the children of Israelfromamong the heathen, whitherthey be gone, and willgatherthem on everyside, and bringthemintotheir own land:
And I willmakethem one nation in the landupon the mountains of Israel; and one kingshall be king to them all: and theyshall be no more two nations, neithershallthey be dividedinto two kingdoms any more at all:
Neithershalltheydefilethemselves any morewiththeiridols, nor withtheirdetestablethings, nor with any of theirtransgressions: but I willsavethem out of all theirdwellingplaces, whereintheyhavesinned, and willcleansethem: so shallthey be my people, and I will be their God.
And David my servantshall be kingoverthem; and they all shallhave one shepherd: theyshallalsowalk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
And theyshalldwell in the landthat I havegivenuntoJacob my servant, whereinyourfathershavedwelt; and theyshalldwelltherein, eventhey, and theirchildren, and theirchildren’schildren for ever: and my servantDavidshall be theirprince for ever.
Moreover I willmake a covenant of peacewiththem; it shall be an everlastingcovenantwiththem: and I willplacethem, and multiplythem, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.