16 Ezekiel, son of man, get a stick and write on it, “The kingdom of Judah”. Then get another stick and write on it, “The kingdom of Israel”.
17 Hold these two sticks end to end, so they look like one stick.
18 And when your people ask you what this means,
19 tell them that I, the Lord, will join together the stick of Israel and the stick of Judah. I will hold them in my hand, and they will become one.
20 Hold these two sticks where they can be seen by everyone
21 and then say:I, the Lord God, will gather the people of Israel and bring them home from the foreign nations where they now live.
22 I will make them into one nation and let them once again live in the land of Israel. Only one king will rule them, and they will never again be divided into two nations.