{"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/web/ezekiel/37","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T21:35:16.894Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":37,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":36,"nextChapter":38,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Yahweh, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He caused me to pass by them all around: and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and behold, they were very dry."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"He said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? I answered, Lord Yahweh, you know."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Again he said to me, Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, you dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am Yahweh."},{"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 its bone."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then he said to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the wind, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Come from the four winds, breath, and breathe on 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 on their feet, an exceedingly great army."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Then he said to 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 tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, my people."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I will put my Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it and performed it, says Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"You, son of man, take one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his companions:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"When the children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 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 my hand."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Say to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, where they are 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, on 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, in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"My servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children, forever: 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 forevermore."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"My tent also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The nations shall know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them forevermore."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 37 (WEB)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 37](https://primebible.com/web/ezekiel/37)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/ezekiel/37 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}