1. The Lord put his strong hand on me. His Spirit brought me away from my home. He put me down in the middle of a valley. It was full of bones.
2. He led me back and forth among them. I saw a huge number of bones in the valley. The bones were very dry.
3. The Lord asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" I said, "Lord and King, you are the only one who knows."
4. Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones. Tell them, 'Dry bones, listen to the Lord's message.