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Ezekiel 37:18

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.

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

19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick 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 stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

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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
When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’
KJV
And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
WEB
“When the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Won’t you show us what you mean by these?’
ASV
And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?
DARBY
And when the children of my people speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not declare unto us what thou meanest by these?
BLB
And when the sons of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Will you not show to us what these [are] to you??’
ÅB
Og når ditt folks barn sier til deg: Vil du ikke la oss få vite hva du mener med dette? -
OTB
Når ditt folk spør deg: ‘Vil du ikke fortelle oss hva du mener med dette?’
B1930
Og når ditt folks barn sier til dig: Vil du ikke la oss få vite hvad du mener med dette? -

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 24:19

    And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?

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  • Ezekiel 12:9

    Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?

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  • Ezekiel 17:12

    Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

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  • Ezekiel 20:49

    Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

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