[Sidenote:  Ezek. 37:7-10] So I prophesied as he commanded me:  and as I prophesied, there was an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.  And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh had clothed them, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.  Then he said to me, Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ’Thus saith Jehovah:  “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live."’ So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great host.

[Sidenote:  Ezek. 37:11-14] Then he said to me, O 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 ruined.’  Therefore prophesy, and say to them, ’Thus saith Jehovah:  “Behold, I will open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.  And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, and raised you from your graves, O my people.  And I will put my spirit in you, that ye may live, and I will restore you to your own land:  that ye may know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it and performed it,” is the oracle of Jehovah.’

[Sidenote:  Ezek. 37:15-23] This word also came to me from Jehovah:  Do thou, O man, take a stick, and write upon it, Judah and the Israelites associated with him:  then take another stick, and write upon it, Joseph, and all the house of Israel associated with him.  Then join them together, so that they may become one stick in thy hand.  And when the children of thy people shall say to thee, ‘Wilt thou not show us what this means?’ say to them, ’Thus saith Jehovah:  “Behold, I am about to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him; and I will unite them with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be united in my hand."’ And let the sticks on which thou writest be in thy hand before their eyes.  And say to them, ’Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:  “Behold, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations, whither they are gone, and gather them from all sides, and bring them into their own land:  and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and there shall be one king over them all; and they shall be no longer two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any longer; nor 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 from all their apostasies wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; so shall they be my people, and I will be their God."’