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Chapter 37

Vision of the Dry Bones.[a] The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he carried me away by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley that was full of bones. He made me walk among them in every direction so that I would be aware how great was the number of these bones on the floor of the valley, and they were exceedingly dry.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 37:1 In this macabre picture of lifeless bodies being suddenly brought to life by the Spirit of the Lord, Ezekiel’s intention is not to proclaim a resurrection of the dead but to inspire hope in the dejected exiles.

The Valley of Dry Bones

37 The hand of the Lord was on me,(A) and he brought me out by the Spirit(B) of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley;(C) it was full of bones.(D) 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.

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