Ezekiel 37:19 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 37:19

17 Then ^ajoin them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand.

18 “And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, ^a‘Will you not show us what you mean by these?’—

19 ^asay to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will take ^bthe stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, 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 ^abefore their eyes.

21 “Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely ^aI will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land;

22 and ^aI will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and ^bone king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again.

23 ^aThey shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but ^bI will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

24 ^a“David My servant shall be king over them, and ^bthey shall all have one shepherd; ^cthey shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.

25 ^aThen they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, ^bforever; and ^cMy servant David shall be their prince forever.

26 Moreover I will make ^aa covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and ^bmultiply them, and I will set My ^csanctuary in their midst forevermore.

27 ^aMy tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be ^btheir God, and they shall be My people.

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American Standard Version
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, `even' with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.

Amplified® Bible
Say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph--which is in the hand of Ephraim--and the tribes of Israel his associates, and will join with it the stick of Judah and make them one stick, and they shall be one in My hand.

Contemporary English Version
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.

Darby English Version
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and will put them with this, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.

Good News Bible
tell them that I, the Sovereign LORD, am going to take the stick representing Israel and put it with the one that represents Judah. Out of the two I will make one stick and hold it in my hand.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
say to them, `Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.'"

New International Version
say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in Ephraim's hand—and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah's stick, making them a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.'

New King James Version
say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which lies in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will appear as one in My hand."'

Revised Standard Version
say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am about to take the stick of Joseph (which is in the hand of E'phraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him; and I will join with it the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, that they may be one in my hand.

Young's Literal Translation
Speak unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am taking the stick of Joseph, that `is' in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and have given them unto him, with the stick of Judah, and have made them become one stick, and they have been one in My hand.

New English Translation
tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the branch of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will place them on the stick of Judah,¹ and make them into one stick – they will be one in my hand.’²

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