Ezekiel 37:15-23

1599 Geneva Bible

¹⁵ ¶ The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

¹⁶ Moreover, thou son of man, take thee a piece of wood, and write upon it, Unto Judah, and to the children of Israel his companions: then take ^[a]another piece of wood, and write upon it, Unto Joseph the tree of Ephraim, and to all the house of Israel his companions,

¹⁷ And thou shalt join them one to another into one tree, and they shall be as one in thine hand.

¹⁸ And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?

¹⁹ Thou shalt answer them, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will take the tree ^[b]of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him even with the tree of Judah, and make them one tree, and they shall be one in mine hand.

²⁰ And the pieces of wood whereon thou writest, shall be in thine hand, in their sight.

²¹ And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land.

²² And I will make them one people in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, ^(A)and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two peoples, neither be divided anymore henceforth into two kingdoms.

²³ Neither shall they be polluted anymore with their idols, nor with their abominations, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.