Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

A CHRISTIAN ROMANCE. 543
'the prophet Ezekiel came to the bones of men
'which had been gathered together in the valley
'[he found that] they belonged to those who had
'been slain by Doyak, the king of Assyria, [p. 344]
'and that it was forty and five years ago since
'they had died. And these bones of men had
'waxed old and they had decayed through the
'heat of the sun and through the cold of the frost, The vision of
'and some of them were rotten, and some were dry "bones,
'wormeaten, and some had gone to dust; [now
'these things had taken place] that the work of
'God Almighty might be made manifest. And
'Ezekiel stood over the bones of the men and
'his heart wondered, for he was like thyself
'O Komsat, doubtful within himself concerning the
'resurrection of the dead, only he stood there
'in prayer looking upon the bones of the men
'which were in the valley. Then he said, 'O God,
"how shall the resurrection of these dead men
"be? How can it take place unless one bone be
"moved to its fellow, and those which belong to
"one another be brought together? but they cannot
' 'separate themselves, for they are mixed together'.
'And it came to pass that while he was meditating
'upon this thing in this wise. He that sitteth upon
'a chariot of light appeared unto him, and said
'unto him, 'Son of man, prophesy over all these
"bones of men which are before thee, so that
"thou mayest know that My voice can do all
"things, and say, 'Let the winds be gathered to-
"gether from the ends of heaven and earth, and