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Ezekiel 36
³⁴ The fields that used to lie empty and desolate in plain view of everyone will again be farmed.
³⁵ And when I bring you back, people will say, ‘This former wasteland is now like the Garden of Eden! The abandoned and ruined cities now have strong walls and are filled with people!’
³⁶ Then the surrounding nations that survive will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted the wasteland. For I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do what I say.
³⁷ “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am ready to hear Israel’s prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock.
³⁸ They will be as numerous as the sacred flocks that fill Jerusalem’s streets at the time of her festivals. The ruined cities will be crowded with people once more, and everyone will know that I am the LORD.”
Ezekiel 37
¹ The LORD took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the LORD to a valley filled with bones.
² He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out.
³ Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?” “O Sovereign LORD,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.”
⁴ Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the LORD!
⁵ This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again!
⁶ I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”