1The hand of the Lord was set upon me, and he led me away in the Spirit of the Lord, and he released me in the midst of a plain which was full of bones.

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Ezekiel 3:22, Ezekiel 3:22, Ezekiel 33:22, Acts 8:39, Ezekiel 1:3

2And he led me around, through them, on every side. Now they were very many upon the face of the plain, and they were exceedingly dry.

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Psalms 141:7, Psalms 141:7, Ezekiel 37:11, Ezekiel 37:11, Deuteronomy 11:30

3And he said to me, “Son of man, do you think that these bones will live?” And I said, “O Lord God, you know.”

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John 11:25, John 11:26, John 11:25, John 11:26, John 5:21

4And he said to me, “Prophesy about these bones. And you shall say to them: Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord!

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John 5:25, John 5:25, John 5:28, John 5:29, John 5:28

5Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will send spirit into you, and you shall live.

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Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:7, Ezekiel 37:14, Ezekiel 37:14, Psalms 104:29

6And I will set sinews upon you, and I will cause flesh to grow over you, and I will extend skin over you. And I will give you spirit, and you shall live. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”

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Joel 2:27, Joel 2:27, Isaiah 49:23, Isaiah 49:23, Joel 3:17

7And I prophesied, just as he had instructed me. But a noise occurred, as I was prophesying, and behold: a commotion. And the bones joined together, each one at its joint.

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Acts 2:2, Acts 2:2, 1 Kings 19:11, 1 Kings 19:13, 1 Kings 19:11

8And I saw, and behold: sinews and flesh rose up over them; and skin was extended over them. But they had no spirit within them.

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9And he said to me: “Prophesy to the spirit! Prophesy, O son of man, and you shall say to the spirit: Thus says the Lord God: Approach, O spirit, from the four winds, and blow across these ones who were slain, and revive them.”

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John 3:8, John 3:8, Song of Solomon 4:16, Song of Solomon 4:16, Ezekiel 37:5

10And I prophesied, just as he had instructed me. And spirit entered into them, and they lived. And they stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.

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Revelation 11:11, Revelation 11:11, Psalms 104:30, Psalms 104:30, Revelation 20:4

11And he said to me: “Son of man: All these bones are the house of Israel. They say: ‘Our bones are dried out, and our hope has perished, and we have been cut off.’

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Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:1, Psalms 77:7, Psalms 77:9, Psalms 77:7

12Because of this, prophesy, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your tombs, and I will lead you away from your sepulchers, O my people. And I will lead you into the land of Israel.

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Isaiah 26:19, Isaiah 26:19, Hosea 13:14, Hosea 13:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:16

13And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have opened your sepulchers, and when I will have led you away from your tombs, O my people.

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Ezekiel 37:6, Ezekiel 37:6, Ezekiel 16:62, Ezekiel 16:62, Psalms 126:2

14And I will place my Spirit within you, and you shall live. And I will cause you to rest upon your own soil. And you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and acted, says the Lord God.”

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Ezekiel 36:36, Joel 2:28, Joel 2:29, Ezekiel 36:27, Ezekiel 36:36

15And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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16“And as for you, son of man, take up a piece of wood for yourself, and write upon it: ‘For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions.’ And take up another piece of wood, and write upon it: ‘For Joseph, the wood of Ephraim, and for the entire house of Israel, and for his companions.’

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2 Chronicles 15:9, 2 Chronicles 10:19, 2 Chronicles 15:9, 2 Chronicles 10:19, 2 Chronicles 10:17

17And join these, one to the other, for yourself, as one piece of wood. And they will be united in your hand.

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Hosea 1:11, Jeremiah 50:4, Hosea 1:11, Jeremiah 50:4, Isaiah 11:13

18Then, when the sons of your people will speak to you, saying: ‘Will you not tell us what you intend by this?’

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Ezekiel 24:19, Ezekiel 12:9, Ezekiel 24:19, Ezekiel 12:9, Ezekiel 17:12

19you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take up the wood of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, which are joined to him, and I will put them together with the wood of Judah, and I will make them one piece of wood. And they will be one in his hand.

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Zechariah 10:6, Zechariah 10:6, Colossians 3:11, Ezekiel 37:16, Ezekiel 37:17

20Then the pieces of wood, on which you have written, will be in your hand, before their eyes.

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Ezekiel 12:3, Ezekiel 12:3, Numbers 17:6, Numbers 17:9, Hosea 12:10

21And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take up the sons of Israel, from the midst of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them together on every side, and I will lead them onto their own soil.

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Ezekiel 36:24, Ezekiel 36:24, Jeremiah 23:8, Isaiah 43:5, Isaiah 43:6

22And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will be ruler over all. And they will no longer be two nations, nor will they be divided any more into two kingdoms.

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Ezekiel 37:24, Ezekiel 37:24, Jeremiah 50:4, Jeremiah 3:18, Ezekiel 34:23

23And they will no longer be defiled by their idols, and by their abominations, and by all their iniquities. And I will save them, out of all the settlements in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. And they will be my people, and I will be their God.

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Ezekiel 36:28, Ezekiel 36:29, Revelation 21:3, Revelation 21:4, Ezekiel 36:28

24And my servant David shall be the king over them, and they shall have one shepherd. They shall walk in my judgments, and they shall keep my commandments, and they shall do them.

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Ezekiel 34:23, Ezekiel 34:24, Ezekiel 34:23, Ezekiel 34:24, Hosea 3:5

25And they shall live upon the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived. And they shall live upon it, they and their sons, and the sons of their sons, even for all time. And David, my servant, shall be their leader, in perpetuity.

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Ezekiel 37:24, Amos 9:15, Ezekiel 37:24, Amos 9:15, Ezekiel 28:25

26And I will strike a covenant of peace with them. This will be an everlasting covenant for them. And I will establish them, and multiply them. And I will set my sanctuary in their midst, unceasingly.

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Isaiah 55:3, Isaiah 55:3, Jeremiah 30:19, Ezekiel 34:25, Jeremiah 30:19

27And my tabernacle shall be among them. And I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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Revelation 21:3, John 1:14, Revelation 21:3, John 1:14, Ezekiel 37:23

28And the Gentiles shall know that I am the Lord, the Sanctifier of Israel, when my sanctuary will be in their midst, forever.”

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John 17:17, John 17:19, John 17:17, John 17:19, Ezekiel 20:12