Ezekiel 37:16
“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
17Then join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
2 Chronicles 10:17but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
2 Chronicles 11:11He strengthened their fortifications and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
2 Chronicles 15:9And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 37:16-28
Cheering Promises. ( b. c. 586.) 15 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. 18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us… Read the whole commentary →