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.
8 I looked and saw muscles come on the bones, and flesh grew, and skin covered the bones. But there was no breath in them.
9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the wind. Prophesy, human, and say to the wind, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Wind, come from the four winds, and breathe on these people who were killed so they can come back to life.’ ”
10 So I prophesied as the Lord commanded me. And the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, a very large army.