5 “I, the Lord God, will put breath in you, and once again you will live.
6 I will wrap you with muscles and skin and breathe life into you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
7 I did what the Lord said, but before I finished speaking, I heard a rattling noise. The bones were coming together!
8 I saw muscles and skin cover the bones, but they had no life in them.
9 The Lord said:Ezekiel, now say to the wind, “The Lord God commands you to blow from every direction and to breathe life into these dead bodies, so they can live again.”
10 As soon as I said this, the wind blew among the bodies, and they came back to life! They all stood up, and there were enough to make a large army.
11 The Lord said:Ezekiel, the people of Israel are like dead bones. They complain that they are dried up and that they have no hope for the future.