Verse 3
Ezekiel 37:3
New Living Translation
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Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?” “O Sovereign LORD,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔/י בֶּן אָדָ֕ם הֲ/תִחְיֶ֖ינָה הָ/עֲצָמ֣וֹת הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה וָ/אֹמַ֕ר אֲדֹנָ֥/י יְהוִ֖ה אַתָּ֥ה יָדָֽעְתָּ
English Translation
And he said to me, "Son of man, will these bones live?" And I said, "Lord God, you know."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 37 Context
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The LORD took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the LORD to a valley filled with b...
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He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere a...
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Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?” “O Sovereign LORD,” I re...
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Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the wor...
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5
This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live agai...
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6
I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you wil...
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7
So I spoke this message, just as he told me. Suddenly as I spoke, there was a rattling noise all acr...
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8
Then as I watched, muscles and flesh formed over the bones. Then skin formed to cover their bodies,...
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9
Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic message a...
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10
So I spoke the message as he commanded me, and breath came into their bodies. They all came to life...
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11
Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, ‘We ha...
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12
Therefore, prophesy to them and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I will open...
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13
When this happens, O my people, you will know that I am the LORD.
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14
I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live again and return home to your own land. Then you will...
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15
Again a message came to me from the LORD:
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16
“Son of man, take a piece of wood and carve on it these words: ‘This represents Judah and its allied...
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17
Now hold them together in your hand as if they were one piece of wood.
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18
When your people ask you what your actions mean,
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say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take Ephraim and the northern tribes and...
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20
“Then hold out the pieces of wood you have inscribed, so the people can see them.
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21
And give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I will gather the people of Israel from among th...
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I will unify them into one nation on the mountains of Israel. One king will rule them all; no longer...
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They will never again pollute themselves with their idols and vile images and rebellion, for I will...
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“My servant David will be their king, and they will have only one shepherd. They will obey my regula...
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They will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They and t...
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And I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will give them their land...
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I will make my home among them. I will be their God (Elohim), and they will be my people.
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And when my Temple is among them forever, the nations will know that I am the LORD, who makes Israel...
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