7. So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a noise and a shaking. And the bones came together, bone to its bone.
8. When I looked, the sinews and the flesh grew upon them, and the skin covered them. But there was no breath in them.
9. Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the wind; prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind: Thus says the Lord God: Come from thefour winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain so that they live.”
10. 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.
11. Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost. We are cut off completely.’
12. Therefore prophesy and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Pay attention, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves and bring you into the land of Israel.
13. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up out of your graves.
14. And I shall put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I shall place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I the Lord have spoken and performed it, says the Lord.”
15. The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:
16. Moreover, son of man, take one stick and write on it: “For Judah and for the sons 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.”
17. Then join them to one another into one stick so that they become one in your hand.
18. When the sons of your people speak to you, saying, “Will you not show us what you mean by these things?”
19. say to them, Thus says the Lord God: I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick; and they shall be one in My hand.
20. The sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.