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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Ezekiel 37 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/37.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/37-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Ezekiel 37</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/36.htm" title="Ezekiel 36">◄</a> Ezekiel 37 <a href="../ezekiel/38.htm" title="Ezekiel 38">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/ezekiel/37.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Vision of the Valley of Bones</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The LORD laid his hand on me and brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD to the middle of a valley that was filled with bones. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He led me here and there throughout<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="37:2 Lit. me over them all around all around">a</a></span> the valley, and I was amazed to see that the surface of the entire valley was covered with myriads of very dry bones! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="37:3 Lit. He">b</a></span> asked me, “Son of Man, will these bones ever live?”</p> <p class="reg">“Lord GOD,” I replied, “you know the answer to that!”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="37:3 The Heb. lacks the answer to that">c</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then the LORD told me, “Prophesy to these bones. Tell them: ‘You dry bones, listen to the message from the LORD: “ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>This is what the Lord GOD says to you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="37:5 Lit. these">d</a></span> dry bones! ‘Pay attention! I’m bringing my Spirit into you right now, and you’re going to live! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I’m going to grow tendons on you, regenerate your flesh, cover you with skin, and make you breathe again so that you can come back to life and learn that I am the LORD.’”’”</p> <p class="heading">The Bones are Raised to Life</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So I prophesied, just as I had been ordered to do so. Immediately there was a noise and a rattling—and then all of a sudden the bones came together by themselves! Each bone came together, all of them attached together!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="37:7 Lit. together, one to another">e</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>As I continued to watch, I saw tendons growing on the bones,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="37:8 Lit. on them">f</a></span> and muscles growing and covering them, and then skin covered the flesh from above. But the bodies weren’t breathing. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then he ordered me, “Prophesy to the Spirit, Son of Man. Tell the Spirit, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Come from the four winds, you Spirit, and breathe into these people who have been killed, so they will live.”’” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So I prophesied as I had been ordered, breath entered them, and they began to live. They stood on their own feet as a vast, united army.</p> <p class="heading">The Vision is Interpreted for Ezekiel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“These bones represent the entire house of Israel,” the LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="37:11 Lit. Israel,” he">g</a></span> explained to me. “Look how they keep saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our future is lost. We’ve been completely eliminated!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Therefore prophesy to them, and tell them, ‘Watch me! I’m going to open your graves, lift you out of those graves, and bring my people back into the land of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then you’ll learn that I am the LORD, when I’ve opened your graves and caused you to come up out of them, my people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I’m going to place my Spirit in you all, and you will live. I’ll place you all into your land, and you’ll learn that I, the LORD, have been speaking and doing this,’ declares the LORD.’”</p> <p class="heading">The Future Union of Israel and Judah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>A message came to me from the LORD, and this is what it was: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Now as for you, Son of Man, grab a stick of wood for yourself and write on it these words:</p> <p class="doubleindent margintop centr">‘FOR JUDAH AND THE ISRAELIS, HIS COMPANIONS’</p> <p class="reg">“Then grab another stick and write on it:</p> <p class="doubleindent margintop centr">‘FOR JOSEPH, THE STICK OF EPHRAIM, AND ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, HIS COMPANIONS’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Then join them together end-to-end so that they become a single baton in your hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When the descendants of your people ask you, ‘Would you please explain to us what you mean by this?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>you are to tell them, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Watch me! I’m taking the baton that represents Joseph, which Ephraim is holding in his hand, along with his companions the tribes of Israel, and I’m going to join them with the baton that represents Judah. I’m making them a single baton, that is, a complete baton in my hand.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“The batons on which you engrave your writing are to remain right in front of them in your hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Watch me take the Israelis out of the nations where they’ve gone and return them from every direction. I’m going to bring them back into their own land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I’m going to make them a united people in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and I’ll set a single king to rule over them. They’ll never again be two separate people. They’ll never again be divided into two kingdoms. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They will never again defile themselves with their idols, with other loathsome things, or with any of their sins. Instead, I will deliver them from all of the places where they have sinned, and then I’ll cleanse them. They will be my people and I will be their God.”’”</p> <p class="heading">David’s Rule as King</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“‘“My servant King David will be there for them, and one shepherd will be appointed for them. They will live according to my decrees, keep my regulations, and practice them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>They will live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob and on which your ancestors lived. They will live in that land, along with their children and grandchildren, forever. David my servant will be their everlasting leader. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I’ll make a secure covenant<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="37:26 Or a covenant of peace">h</a></span> with them, one that will last forever. I will establish them, make them increase in population,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="37:26 The Heb. lacks in population">i</a></span> and will place my sanctuary in their midst forever. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>I will pitch my tent among them and will be their God. They will be my people, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>and the nations will learn that I, the LORD, am the sanctifier of Israel when I place my sanctuary in their midst forever.”’”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 37:2 Lit. <i>me over them all around all around</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 37:3 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 37:3 The Heb. lacks <i>the answer to that</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 37:5 Lit. <i>these</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 37:7 Lit. <i>together, one to another</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 37:8 Lit. <i>on them</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 37:11 Lit. <i>Israel,” he</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 37:26 Or <i>a covenant of peace</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 37:26 The Heb. lacks <i>in population</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezekiel/36.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 36"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 36" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezekiel/38.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 38"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 38" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/ezekiel/37-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>