Judah and Ephraim, Two Sticks into One Ezekiel 37:15. The word of the LORD* came to me again saying, 16. Moreover, you son of man, take one stick for yourself 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 the entire House of Israel, his companions. 17. And join them one to another into one stick and they will become one in your hand. (John 10:16) 18. And when the children of your people will speak to you saying, Will you not tell us what you mean by these? 19. Say to them, Thus says Adonai, the LORD*, Behold, I AM taking the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick and they will be one in My hand. 20. And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes. 21. Then say to them, Thus says Adonai, the LORD*, Behold, I AM taking the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will gather them on every side and bring them into their own land 22. and I shall make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel and one King will be king to them all and they will no longer be two nations. Neither will they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all, 23. nor will they defile themselves any longer with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions, but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them so they will be My people and I AM will be their God. 24. And David My Servant will be King over them and they all will have one Shepherd. (John 10:16) They will also walk in My judgments, and observe and do My statutes. 25. And they will dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers have lived and they will dwell there, they and their children and their children’s children forever, and My servant David will be their Prince forever. 26. Moreover I shall cut a Covenant of Shalom with them. It will be an everlasting covenant with them and I shall place them and multiply them and will set My Sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore. 27. My Tabernacle will also be with them. Yes, I shall be their God and they will be My people. (2 Cor. 6:16) 28. And the nations will know that I AM, the LORD*, does sanctify Israel when My Sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.