1 Veio sobre mim a mão do Senhor; ele me levou pelo Espírito do Senhor e me deixou no meio de um vale que estava cheio de ossos, 2 e me fez andar ao redor deles; eram mui numerosos na superfície do vale e estavam sequíssimos. 3 Então, me perguntou: Filho do homem, acaso, poderão reviver estes ossos? Respondi: Senhor Deus, tu o sabes. 4 Disse-me ele: Profetiza a estes ossos e dize-lhes: Ossos secos, ouvi a palavra do Senhor. 5 Assim diz o Senhor Deus a estes ossos: Eis que farei entrar o espírito em vós, e vivereis. 6 Porei tendões sobre vós, farei crescer carne sobre vós, sobre vós estenderei pele e porei em vós o espírito, e vivereis. E sabereis que eu sou o Senhor.

7 Então, profetizei segundo me fora ordenado; enquanto eu profetizava, houve um ruído, um barulho de ossos que batiam contra ossos e se ajuntavam, cada osso ao seu osso. 8 Olhei, e eis que havia tendões sobre eles, e cresceram as carnes, e se estendeu a pele sobre eles; mas não havia neles o espírito. 9 Então, ele me disse: Profetiza ao espírito, profetiza, ó filho do homem, e dize-lhe: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Vem dos quatro ventos, ó espírito, e assopra sobre estes mortos, para que vivam. 10 Profetizei como ele me ordenara, e o espírito entrou neles, e viveram e se puseram em pé, um exército sobremodo numeroso.

11 Então, me disse: Filho do homem, estes ossos são toda a casa de Israel. Eis que dizem: Os nossos ossos se secaram, e pereceu a nossa esperança; estamos de todo exterminados. 12 Portanto, profetiza e dize-lhes: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis que abrirei a vossa sepultura, e vos farei sair dela, ó povo meu, e vos trarei à terra de Israel. 13 Sabereis que eu sou o Senhor, quando eu abrir a vossa sepultura e vos fizer sair dela, ó povo meu. 14 Porei em vós o meu Espírito, e vivereis, e vos estabelecerei na vossa própria terra. Então, sabereis que eu, o Senhor, disse isto e o fiz, diz o Senhor.

15 Veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo: 16 Tu, pois, ó filho do homem, toma um pedaço de madeira e escreve nele: Para Judá e para os filhos de Israel, seus companheiros; depois, toma outro pedaço de madeira e escreve nele: Para José, pedaço de madeira de Efraim, e para toda a casa de Israel, seus companheiros. 17 Ajunta-os um ao outro, faze deles um só pedaço, para que se tornem apenas um na tua mão. 18 Quando te falarem os filhos do teu povo, dizendo: Não nos revelarás o que significam estas coisas? 19 Tu lhes dirás: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis que tomarei o pedaço de madeira de José, que esteve na mão de Efraim, e das tribos de Israel, suas companheiras, e o ajuntarei ao pedaço de Judá, e farei deles um só pedaço, e se tornarão apenas um na minha mão. 20 Os pedaços de madeira em que houveres escrito estarão na tua mão, perante eles. 21 Dize-lhes, pois: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis que eu tomarei os filhos de Israel de entre as nações para onde eles foram, e os congregarei de todas as partes, e os levarei para a sua própria terra. 22 Farei deles uma só nação na terra, nos montes de Israel, e um só rei será rei de todos eles. Nunca mais serão duas nações; nunca mais para o futuro se dividirão em dois reinos. 23 Nunca mais se contaminarão com os seus ídolos, nem com as suas abominações, nem com qualquer das suas transgressões; livrá-los-ei de todas as suas apostasias em que pecaram e os purificarei. Assim, eles serão o meu povo, e eu serei o seu Deus.

24 O meu servo Davi reinará sobre eles; todos eles terão um só pastor, andarão nos meus juízos, guardarão os meus estatutos e os observarão. 25 Habitarão na terra que dei a meu servo Jacó, na qual vossos pais habitaram; habitarão nela, eles e seus filhos e os filhos de seus filhos, para sempre; e Davi, meu servo, será seu príncipe eternamente. 26 Farei com eles aliança de paz; será aliança perpétua. Estabelecê-los-ei, e os multiplicarei, e porei o meu santuário no meio deles, para sempre. 27 O meu tabernáculo estará com eles; eu serei o seu Deus, e eles serão o meu povo. 28 As nações saberão que eu sou o Senhor que santifico a Israel, quando o meu santuário estiver para sempre no meio deles.

1 The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 And he caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah. 5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live. 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 I am Jehovah.

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them. 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may 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 unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off. 12 Therefore prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, O my people. 14 And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it and performed it, saith Jehovah.

15 The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, 16 And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: 17 and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand. 18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these? 19 say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand. 20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes. 21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; 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; 23 neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

24 And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in mine ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 And the nations shall know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

1 The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.

2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry.

3 He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" I said, "Sovereign LORD, you alone know."

4 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

5 This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath "enter you, and you will come to life.

6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.'"

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

9 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.'"

10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet —a vast army.

11 Then he said to me: "Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.'

12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.

14 I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD.'"

15 The word of the LORD came to me:

16 "Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, 'Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him.' Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, 'Belonging to Joseph (that is, to Ephraim) and all the Israelites associated with him.'

17 Join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand.

18 "When your people ask you, 'Won't you tell us what you mean by this?'

19 say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph —which is in Ephraim's hand —and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah's stick. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.'

20 Hold before their eyes the sticks you have written on

21 and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.

22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.

23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding, "and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

24 "'My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.

25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their children's children will live there forever, and David my servant will be their prince forever.

26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever.

27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

28 Then the nations will know that I the LORD make Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever.'"