Ezekiel · Catholic Public Domain Version
Ezekiel 37 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 The hand of the Lord was set upon me, and he led me away in the Spirit of the Lord, and he released me in the midst of a plain which was full of bones.
1 Yahweh’s hand was on me, and he brought me out in Yahweh’s Spirit, and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.
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2 And he led me around, through them, on every side. Now they were very many upon the face of the plain, and they were exceedingly dry.
2 He caused me to pass by them all around; and behold, there were very many in the open valley, and behold, they were very dry.
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3 And he said to me, “Son of man, do you think that these bones will live?” And I said, “O Lord God, you know.”
3 He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I answered, “Lord Yahweh, you know.”
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4 And he said to me, “Prophesy about these bones. And you shall say to them: Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord!
4 Again he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, ‘You dry bones, hear Yahweh’s word.
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5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will send spirit into you, and you shall live.
5 The Lord Yahweh says to these bones: “Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you will live.
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6 And I will set sinews upon you, and I will cause flesh to grow over you, and I will extend skin over you. And I will give you spirit, and you shall live. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”
6 I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you will live. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”’”
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7 And I prophesied, just as he had instructed me. But a noise occurred, as I was prophesying, and behold: a commotion. And the bones joined together, each one at its joint.
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. As I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, there was an earthquake. Then the bones came together, bone to its bone.
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8 And I saw, and behold: sinews and flesh rose up over them; and skin was extended over them. But they had no spirit within them.
8 I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
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9 And he said to me: “Prophesy to the spirit! Prophesy, O son of man, and you shall say to the spirit: Thus says the Lord God: Approach, O spirit, from the four winds, and blow across these ones who were slain, and revive them.”
9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the wind, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Come from the four winds, breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”’”
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10 And I prophesied, just as he had instructed me. And spirit entered into them, and they lived. And they stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
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11 And he said to me: “Son of man: All these bones are the house of Israel. They say: ‘Our bones are dried out, and our hope has perished, and we have been cut off.’
11 Then he said to 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 completely cut off.’
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12 Because of this, prophesy, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your tombs, and I will lead you away from your sepulchers, O my people. And I will lead you into the land of Israel.
12 Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.
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13 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have opened your sepulchers, and when I will have led you away from your tombs, O my people.
13 You will know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, my people.
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14 And I will place my Spirit within you, and you shall live. And I will cause you to rest upon your own soil. And you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and acted, says the Lord God.”
14 I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live. Then I will place you in your own land; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it and performed it,” says Yahweh.’”
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16 “And as for you, son of man, take up a piece of wood for yourself, and write upon it: ‘For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions.’ And take up another piece of wood, and write upon it: ‘For Joseph, the wood of Ephraim, and for the entire house of Israel, and for his companions.’
16 “You, son of man, take one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah, and for the children 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.’
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17 And join these, one to the other, for yourself, as one piece of wood. And they will be united in your hand.
17 Then join them for yourself to one another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
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18 Then, when the sons of your people will speak to you, saying: ‘Will you not tell us what you intend by this?’
18 “When the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Won’t you show us what you mean by these?’
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19 you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take up the wood of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, which are joined to him, and I will put them together with the wood of Judah, and I will make them one piece of wood. And they will be one in his hand.
19 tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “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, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in my hand.
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20 Then the pieces of wood, on which you have written, will be in your hand, before their eyes.
20 The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.”’
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21 And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take up the sons of Israel, from the midst of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them together on every side, and I will lead them onto their own soil.
21 Say to them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land.
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22 And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will be ruler over all. And they will no longer be two nations, nor will they be divided any more into two kingdoms.
22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. One king will be king to them all. They will no longer be two nations. They won’t be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
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23 And they will no longer be defiled by their idols, and by their abominations, and by all their iniquities. And I will save them, out of all the settlements in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. And they will be my people, and I will be their God.
23 They won’t 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 in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. So they will be my people, and I will be their God.
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24 And my servant David shall be the king over them, and they shall have one shepherd. They shall walk in my judgments, and they shall keep my commandments, and they shall do them.
24 “‘“My servant David will be king over them. They all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in my ordinances and observe my statutes, and do them.
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25 And they shall live upon the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived. And they shall live upon it, they and their sons, and the sons of their sons, even for all time. And David, my servant, shall be their leader, in perpetuity.
25 They will dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived. They will dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, forever. David my servant will be their prince forever.
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26 And I will strike a covenant of peace with them. This will be an everlasting covenant for them. And I will establish them, and multiply them. And I will set my sanctuary in their midst, unceasingly.
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them. It will be an everlasting covenant with them. I will place them, multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them forever more.
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27 And my tabernacle shall be among them. And I will be their God, and they will be my people.
27 My tent also will be with them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
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28 And the Gentiles shall know that I am the Lord, the Sanctifier of Israel, when my sanctuary will be in their midst, forever.”
28 The nations will know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is among them forever more.”’”
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Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 3:22; Acts 8:39; Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 33:22; Jeremiah 7:32
- 2 Psalm 141:7; Ezekiel 37:11
- 3 John 11:25–26; John 5:21; Deuteronomy 32:39; Romans 4:17; Hebrews 11:19
- 4 John 5:25; John 5:28–29; Matthew 21:21; Ezekiel 36:1; Jeremiah 22:29
- 5 Psalm 104:29–30; Ezekiel 37:14; Genesis 2:7; Ezekiel 37:9–10; John 20:22
- 6 Joel 2:27; Isaiah 49:23; Joel 3:17; Ezekiel 37:14; Ezekiel 38:23
- 7 Acts 2:2; 1 Kings 19:11–13; Acts 4:19; Jeremiah 13:5–7; Acts 2:37
- 9 John 3:8; Song of Songs 4:16; Ezekiel 37:14; Ezekiel 37:5; Psalm 104:30
- 10 Revelation 11:11; Psalm 104:30; Revelation 20:4–5
- 11 Ephesians 2:1; Psalm 77:7–9; Ezekiel 39:25; Ezekiel 36:10; Jeremiah 31:1
- 12 Isaiah 26:19; Hosea 13:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Isaiah 66:14; Amos 9:14–15
- 13 Ezekiel 37:6; Ezekiel 16:62; Psalm 126:2–3
- 14 Joel 2:28–29; Ezekiel 36:27; Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:36; Ezekiel 39:29
- 16 2 Chronicles 15:9; 2 Chronicles 10:19; 2 Chronicles 10:17; Numbers 17:2–3; 1 Kings 12:16–20
- 17 Hosea 1:11; Jeremiah 50:4; Isaiah 11:13; Ezekiel 37:22–24; Zephaniah 3:9
- 18 Ezekiel 24:19; Ezekiel 12:9; Ezekiel 17:12; Ezekiel 20:49
- 19 Zechariah 10:6; Ephesians 2:13–14; Colossians 3:11; Ezekiel 37:16–17; 1 Chronicles 9:1–3
- 20 Ezekiel 12:3; Numbers 17:6–9; Hosea 12:10
- 21 Ezekiel 36:24; Jeremiah 23:8; Jeremiah 16:15; Amos 9:14–15; Jeremiah 29:14
- 22 Ezekiel 37:24; Ezekiel 34:23–24; Jeremiah 3:18; Jeremiah 50:4; Genesis 49:10
- 23 Revelation 21:3–4; Ezekiel 36:28–29; 1 John 1:9; Revelation 21:7; Ephesians 5:26–27
- 24 Ezekiel 34:23–24; Hosea 3:5; Jeremiah 30:9; Ezekiel 37:25; Ezekiel 36:27
- 25 Amos 9:15; Ezekiel 37:24; Ezekiel 36:28; Ezekiel 28:25; Zephaniah 3:14–15
- 26 Isaiah 55:3; Ezekiel 34:25; Hebrews 13:20–21; Jeremiah 30:19; Leviticus 26:11–12
- 27 Revelation 21:3; Ezekiel 37:23; Leviticus 26:11–12; John 1:14; 2 Corinthians 6:16
- 28 John 17:17–19; Ezekiel 20:12; Exodus 31:13; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Leviticus 21:8
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And again, The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the Lord.
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And the Prophet Ezekiel now before us, says most plainly, Behold I will open your graves, and bring you up out of your graves.
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