{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/ezekiel/37","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T22:09:58.736Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":37,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":36,"nextChapter":38,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And he caused me to pass by them round about: and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and lo, they were very dry."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Again he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold an earthquake, and the bones came together, bone to his bone."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And I beheld, and lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"So I prophesied as he commanded me; and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Therefore prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, O my people."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And I will put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thine hand."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children, for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them: it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"My tabernacle also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And the nations shall know that I am the LORD that sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 37 (ERV)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 37](https://primebible.com/erv/ezekiel/37)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/ezekiel/37 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}