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.