Ezekiel 37:16
14 I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”
15 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
“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.’
17 Then join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand.
18 When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- “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.’
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- “You, son of man, take one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions.’ Then take another stick, and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions.’
- ASV
- And 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:
- DARBY
- And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel, his companions. And take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.
- BLB
- “And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick, and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions.’ And take one stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.’
- ÅB
- Og du menneskesønn! Ta deg en stav og skriv på den: For Juda og for Israels barn, hans medbrødre! Og ta deg en annen stav og skriv på den: For Josef - en stav for Efra'im og hele Israels hus, hans medbrødre!
- OTB
- «Menneskesønn, ta en stav og skriv på den: ‘For Juda og israelittene som er forbundet med ham.’ Ta deretter en annen stav og skriv på den: ‘For Josef, Efraims stav, og hele Israels hus som er forbundet med ham.’
- B1930
- Og du menneskesønn! Ta dig en stav og skriv på den: For Juda og for Israels barn, hans medbrødre! Og ta dig en annen stav og skriv på den: For Josef - en stav for Efra'im og hele Israels hus, hans medbrødre!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 15:9
And 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.
Read in context2 Chronicles 10:19
So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
Read in context2 Chronicles 10:17
but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
Read in contextNumbers 17:2–3
“Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff,
Read in context1 Kings 12:16–20
When 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,
Read in context2 Chronicles 11:11–17
He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
Read in context2 Chronicles 30:11–18
Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
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