^16 (A)“Son of man, ^(B)take a stick^[a] and write on it, ‘For ^(C)Judah, and ^(D)the people of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For ^(E)Joseph (the stick of ^(F)Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.’

¹⁷ And ^(A)join them one to another into one stick, that ^(B)they may become ^(C)one in your hand.

¹⁹ say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am about to take ^(A)the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the ^(B)stick of Judah,^[a] and ^(C)make them one stick, ^(D)that they may be one in my hand.