The LORD created the heavens by his command, the sun, moon, and stars by his spoken word.

It is his breath that made the sky clear, and his hand that killed the escaping monster.

God's spirit made me and gave me life.

Even the palace will be abandoned and the capital city totally deserted. Homes and the forts that guarded them will be in ruins forever. Wild donkeys will roam there, and sheep will find pasture there.

But once more God will send us his spirit. The wasteland will become fertile, and fields will produce rich crops.

God said to me, "Mortal man, prophesy to the wind. Tell the wind that the Sovereign LORD commands it to come from every direction, to breathe into these dead bodies, and to bring them back to life."

In the past you were spiritually dead because of your disobedience and sins.

But God's mercy is so abundant, and his love for us is so great,

that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought us to life with Christ. It is by God's grace that you have been saved.

he saved us. It was not because of any good deeds that we ourselves had done, but because of his own mercy that he saved us, through the Holy Spirit, who gives us new birth and new life by washing us.

The LORD says, "I am making a new earth and new heavens. The events of the past will be completely forgotten.

"Just as the new earth and the new heavens will endure by my power, so your descendants and your name will endure.

Then the one who sits on the throne said, "And now I make all things new!" He also said to me, "Write this, because these words are true and can be trusted."