4. Again he said unto me, Prophesy to these bones, and say unto them, O you dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
5. Thus says the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live:
6. And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
7. So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
8. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them over: but there was no breath in them.
9. Then said he unto me,
10. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.
11. Then he said unto me,
12. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13. And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14. And shall put my Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall you know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, says the LORD.
15. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
16. Moreover, you son of man, take you one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel, his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions:
17. And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in your hand.
18. And when the children of your people shall speak unto you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?