The Lord says, “When that time comes, ¹  the bones of the kings of Judah and its leaders, the bones of the priests and prophets and of all the other people who lived in Jerusalem will be dug up from their graves.

The king ¹  said, “Leave it alone! No one must touch his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, as well as the bones of the Israelite prophet buried beside him. ² 

So I prophesied as I was commanded. There was a sound when I prophesied – I heard ¹  a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

David ¹  brought the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son from there; they also gathered up the bones of those who had been executed.

He protects ¹  all his bones; ²  not one of them is broken. ³ 

Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin. ¹ 

Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them: ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

Then the man said, “This one at last ¹  is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called ²  ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of ³  man.” ⁴ 

His bones ¹  were full of his youthful vigor, ²  but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.

his body ¹  well nourished, ²  and the marrow of his bones moist. ³ 

Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron.

ב (Bet) He has made my mortal skin ¹  waste away; he has broken my bones.

This will bring ¹  healing to your body, ²  and refreshment ³  to your inner self. ⁴ 

After he buried him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet ¹  is buried; put my bones right beside his bones,

He burned the bones of the pagan priests ¹  on their altars; he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

You clothed ¹  me with skin and flesh and knit me together ²  with bones and sinews.

My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; ¹  I have escaped ²  alive ³  with only the skin of my teeth.

Night pierces ¹  my bones; ²  my gnawing pains ³  never cease.

Or a person is chastened ¹  by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones, ² 

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible. ¹