Ezekiel 37:24-25-28 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

3. He said, “Ezekiel, son of man, can these bones come back to life?”I replied, “Lord God, only you can answer that.”

4. He then told me to say:Dry bones, listen to what the Lord is saying to you,

5. “I, the Lord God, will put breath in you, and once again you will live.

6. I will wrap you with muscles and skin and breathe life into you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”

7. I did what the Lord said, but before I finished speaking, I heard a rattling noise. The bones were coming together!

8. I saw muscles and skin cover the bones, but they had no life in them.

9. The Lord said:Ezekiel, now say to the wind, “The Lord God commands you to blow from every direction and to breathe life into these dead bodies, so they can live again.”

24-25. Their king will always come from the family of my servant King David and will care for them like a shepherd. The people of Israel will faithfully obey my laws. They and their descendants will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, just as their ancestors did.

26. I solemnly promise to bless the people of Israel with unending peace. I will protect them and let them become a powerful nation. My temple will stand in Israel for all time,

27. and I will live among my people and be their God.

28. Every nation on earth will know that my temple is in Israel and that I have chosen the Israelites to be my people.

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