1. The hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me forth in the spirit of the Lord: and set me down in the midst of a plain that was full of bones.
2. And he led me about through them on every side: now they were very many upon the face of the plain, and they were exceeding dry.
3. And he said to me: Son of man, dost thou think these bones shall live? And I answered: O Lord God, thou knowest.
4. And he said to me: Prophesy concerning these bones; and say to them: Ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.