Eze 37:16-23 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ And you, son of man , take for yourself one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the sons of Israel , his companions ’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph , the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel , his companions .’

Ezekiel 37:16-23

16 “And you, son of man, take for yourself ^aone stick and write on it, ‘For ^bJudah and for the sons of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For ^cJoseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.’ 17 “Then ^djoin them for yourself one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand. 18 “When the sons of your people speak to you saying, ‘Will you not declare to us ^ewhat you mean by these?’ 19 say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’ 20 “The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes. 21 “Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will ^ftake the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them ^gone nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and ^hone king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms. 23 “They will ⁱno longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but ^jI will deliver them from all their ^{▼▼ Another reading is backslidings}dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.