1 I felt the power of the Lord on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and put me down in the middle of a valley. It was full of bones.
2 He led me around among the bones, and I saw that there were many bones in the valley and that they were very dry.
3 Then he asked me, “Human, can these bones live?”I answered, “Lord God, only you know.”
4 He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
5 This is what the Lord God says to the bones: I will cause breath to enter you so you will come to life.
6 I will put muscles on you and flesh on you and cover you with skin. Then I will put breath in you so you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. While I prophesied, there was a noise and a rattling. The bones came together, bone to bone.