12 Therefore, prophesy and say to them: This is what the Lord God says: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them, My people, and lead you into the land of Israel.
13 You will know that I am Yahweh, My people, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.
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 am Yahweh. I have spoken, and I will do it.” This is the declaration of the Lord.
15 The word of the Lord came to me:
16 “Son of man, take a single stick and write on it: Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him. Then take another stick and write on it: Belonging to Joseph — the stick of Ephraim — and all the house of Israel associated with him.
17 Then join them together into a single 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 things? ’ —