5. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Listen! I will make breath enter you so you may come to life.
6. I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow over you, cover you with skin, and put breath into you so you may come to life. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
7. I prophesied as I had been commanded. A sound started up, as I was prophesying, rattling like thunder. The bones came together, bone joining to bone.
8. As I watched, sinews appeared on them, flesh grew over them, skin covered them on top, but there was no breath in them.
9. Then he said to me: Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man! Say to the breath: Thus says the Lord God: From the four winds come, O breath, and breathe into these slain that they may come to life.
10. I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath entered them; they came to life and stood on their feet, a vast army.
11. He said to me: Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel! They are saying, “Our bones are dried up, our hope is lost, and we are cut off.”