The tombswere opened,and manybodiesof the saintswho had fallen asleepwere raised;
As they were buryinga man,behold,they sawa maraudingband;and they castthe maninto the graveof Elisha.And when the mantouchedthe bonesof Elishahe revivedand stoodup on his feet.
He will swallowup deathfor alltime,And the LordGODwill wipetearsawayfrom allfaces,And He will removethe reproachof His peoplefrom allthe earth;For the LORDhas spoken.
Your deadwill live;Their corpseswill rise.You who liein the dust,awakeand shoutfor joy,For your dew[is as] the dewof the dawn,And the earthwill givebirthto the departedspirits.
"Manyof those whosleepin the dustof the groundwill awake,theseto everlastinglife,but the othersto disgrace[and] everlastingcontempt.
Shall I ransomthem from the powerof Sheol?Shall I redeemthem from death?O Death,whereare your thorns?O Sheol,whereis your sting?Compassionwill be hiddenfrom My sight.
ThisHe said,and afterthat He saidto them, "Our friendLazarushas fallen asleep;but I go,sothat I may awaken him out of sleep."
Thenfallingon his knees,he criedout with a loudvoice,"Lord,do not holdthissinagainst them!" Having saidthis,he fell asleep.
For thisreasonmanyamongyou are weakand sick,and a numbersleep.
But nowChristhas been raisedfrom the dead,the first fruitsof thosewho are asleep.
Behold,I tellyou a mystery;we will not allsleep,but we will allbe changed,
For ifwe believethat Jesusdiedand rose again,evensoGodwill bringwith Him thosewho have fallen asleepin Jesus.
who diedfor us, sothat whetherwe are awakeorasleep,we will livetogetherwith Him.
