1 The power of the Lord came over me. The Lord brought me out by his Spirit and put me down in the middle of a valley. The valley was filled with bones.
2 He led me all around them. I saw that there were very many bones at the bottom of the valley, and they were very dry.
3 Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”I answered, “Only you know, Almighty Lord.”
4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones. Tell them, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord.
5 This is what the Almighty Lord says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live.
6 I will put ligaments on you, place muscles on you, and cover you with skin. I will put breath in you, and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. While I was prophesying, suddenly there was a rattling noise, and the bones came together, one bone ⌊attaching itself⌋ to another.