1. I felt the power of the Lord was on me. He brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord. And he put me down in the middle of a valley. It was full of bones.
2. The Lord led me around among the bones. There were many bones on the bottom of the valley. I saw the bones were very dry.
3. Then he asked me, “Human being, can these bones live?”I answered, “Lord God, only you know.”
4. The Lord said to me, “Prophesy to these bones. Say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
5. This is what the Lord God says to the bones: I will cause breath to enter you. Then you will live.
6. I will put muscles on you. I will put flesh on you. I will cover you with skin. Then I will put breath in you, and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
7. So I prophesied as I was commanded. While I prophesied, there was a noise and a rattling. The bones came together, bone to bone.
8. I looked and saw muscles come on the bones. Flesh grew, and skin covered the bones. But there was no breath in them.