Join BOTH into One Stick - Ezekiel 37:12-25 – A Study

Ezekiel 37:12-25 – A Study

Eze.37:12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

Eze.37:13 And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

Eze.37:14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall you know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.


Eze.37:15 The word of the LORD came AGAIN unto me, saying,

Eze.37:16 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:


One Stick = For Judah and the children of Israel (Jacob’s sons) his (Judah’s) companions.

Another Stick = For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his (Joseph’s) companions.

Judah and Joseph two of the twelve sons of Jacob/Israel.
Ephraim the second son of Joseph (Gen.41:52 below).


Eze.37:17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand (Eze.37:19).

Eze.37:18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou [meanest] by these?

Eze.37:19 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.


Join BOTH sticks into ONE stick; the one for Judah and the children of Israel (Jacob) his (Judah’s) companions, and the stick for Joseph and for all the house of Israel his (Joseph’s) companions.


Eze.37:20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

Eze.37:21 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:

Eze.37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel (Gen.13:17, Gen.15:18, Gen.28:3-4, Gen.28:13); and one king shall be king to them all (Eze.37:24-25): and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

Eze.37:23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more 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, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

Eze.37:24 And David my servant [shall be] king over them (Eze.37:22, Eze.37:25); and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them (Mal.4:4).

Eze.37:25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, [even] they, and their children, and their children's children for ever (Gen.13:17, Gen.15:18, Gen.17:19, Gen.28:3-4, Gen.28:13): and my servant David [shall be] their prince FOR EVER.


In the “new” earth, Israel will live in their own land (Eze.37:14), and they shall dwell in the land that God gave to Jacob (Amos 9:15), where their fathers HAD dwelt (Gen.13:17, Gen.15:18, Gen.17:19, Gen.28:3-4, Gen.28:13); and they will dwell therein, THEY AND THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEIR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN for ever, and David shall be their prince for ever (Eze.37:12-25).



Twelve Tribes of Israel/Jacob

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Joseph (Gen.41:51 below), Naphtali, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Benjamin


Gen.41:51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, [said he], hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

Gen.41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.



Jn.10:16 And other sheep I have (Isa.56:8 below), which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd.

Isa.56:8 The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather [others] to him (Jn.10:16 above), beside those that are gathered unto him.




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