A Nation and language come back to life
37:1 The hand of YHWH (יהוה) was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of YHWH (יהוה), and set me down in the midst of the valley which [was] full of bones,
37:2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, Hinnei, [there were] very many in the open valley; and, lo, [they were] very dry.
37:3 And he said unto me, Ben Adam, can these bones live? And I answered, O Adonay (אדני) YHWH (יהוה), thou knowest.
37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones,
Shema Dvar YHWH (יהוה).
37:5 Thus saith Adonay (אדני) YHWH (יהוה) unto these bones; Hinnei, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
37:6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that Ani YHWH (יהוה).
37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and Hinnei a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
37:8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but [there was] no breath in them.
37:9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Ben Adam, and say to the wind, Thus saith Adonay (אדני) YHWH (יהוה);
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
37:10 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.
37:11 Then he said unto me, Ben Adam, these bones are the whole Beit Yisrael:
Hinnei, they say:
Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
37:12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them,
Thus saith Adonay (אדני) YHWH (יהוה);
Hinnei, O My people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the eretz Yisrael.
37:13 And ye shall know that Ani YHWH (יהוה), when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up out of your graves,
37:14 And shall put My spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I YHWH (יהוה) have spoken [it], and performed [it], saith YHWH (יהוה).
Yehudah |
Yosef / Efrayim |
Hinnei, I will take the stick of Yosef, which [is] in the hand of Efrayim, and the tribes of Yisrael his fellows, and will put them with him, [even] with the stick of Yehudah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. |
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37:15 Dvar YHWH (יהוה) came again unto me, saying,
37:16 Moreover, thou Ben Adam, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Yehudah, and for the children of Yisrael his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Yosef, the stick of Efrayim, and [for] all Beit Yisrael his companions:
37:17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
37:18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou [meanest] by these?
37:19 Say unto them,
Thus saith Adonay (אדני) YHWH (יהוה);
Hinnei, I will take the stick of Yosef, which [is] in the hand of Efrayim, and the tribes of Yisrael his fellows, and will put them with him, [even] with the stick of Yehudah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in Mine hand.
37:20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
37:21 And say unto them,
Thus saith Adonay (אדני) YHWH (יהוה);
Hinnei, I will take the children of Yisrael from among the Goyim, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Yisrael; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
37:23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their gillulim (idols), nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be My people, and I will be their Elohim (אלהים).
37:24 And David My eved [shall be] king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in My shofatim, and observe My statutes, and do them.
37:25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Yaakov My eved, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, [even] they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and My eved David [shall be] their prince for ever.
37:26 Moreover I will make a covenant of shalom with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set My Mikdash in the midst of them for evermore.
37:27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their Elohim (אלהים), and they shall be My people.
37:28 And the Goyim shall know that I YHWH (יהוה) do set apart Yisrael, when My Mikdash shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
