Ezekiel 37:19-21

Expanded Bible

¹⁹ say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I will take the ·stick [branch] for Joseph and the tribes of Israel with him, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and I will put it with the ·stick [branch] of Judah. I will make them into one ·stick [branch], and they will be one in my hand [^Cthe northern and southern kingdoms will be united again; 33:29; Jer. 3:18; 23:5–6; Hos. 1:11; Amos 9:11].’ ²⁰ Hold the sticks on which you wrote these names in your hand ·so the people can see them [^Lbefore their eyes]. ²¹ Say to the people, ‘This is what the Lord God says: [^LLook; ^TBehold] I am going to take the ·people [^Lhouse] of Israel from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.