Ezekiel
Chapters 37:12-18
New English Translation
12Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel.
13Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people.
14I will place my breath in you and you will live; I will give you rest in your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord – I have spoken and I will act, declares the Lord.’”
15The word of the Lord came to me:
16“As for you, son of man, take one branch, and write on it, ‘For Judah, and for the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another branch and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the branch of Ephraim and all the house of Israel associated with him.’
17Join them as one stick; they will be as one in your hand.
18When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what these things mean?’