Traditional Black Spirituals #9

The hand of the

Lord came upon me and
brought me out in the 
Spirit of the Lord, and set
me down in the midst of
the valley; and it was full of bones. Then He
caused me to pass by
them all around, and 
behold, there were very 
many in the open valley;
and indeed they were very
dry. And He said to me
"Son of Man, can these
bones live?"

So I answered, Oh Lord
God, you know."

Again He said to me, 
"Prophesy to these bones,
and say to them, 'O dry
bones, heard the word of
the Lord! Thus says the
Lord God to these bones:
"Surely I will cause
breath to enter into you,
and you shall live. I will 
put sinews on you and
bring flesh upon you,
cover you with skin and
put breath in you; and you
shall live. Then you shall
know that I am the Lord. 

So I prophesied as I was 
commanded; and as I
prophesied, there was a 
noise, and suddenly a
rattling; and the bones
came together, bone to
bone. Indeed as I
looked, the sinews and
the flesh came upon
them, and the skin
covered them over; but
there was no breath in
them.

Also He said to me,
"Prophesy to the breath,
Prophesy, son of man,
and say to the breath,
'Thus says the Lord God:
"Come from the four
winds, O breath, and
breathe on these slain,
that they may live."'"
So I prophesied as He 
commanded me, and
breath came into them,
and the lived, and stood 
upon their feet, an
exceedingly great army.

Ezekiel 37: 1-10 

Dem Dry Bones -

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