Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest Ezekiel foretold many things by signs; and the Jews were very inquisitive into the meaning of them: but sometimes their curiosity proceeded rather from a secret contempt of the prophet and his predictions, than a real desire of information. Say, I will take the stick of Joseph On which Joseph's name was written, and which represents Joseph, that is, the kingdom of the ten tribes; which is in the hand of Ephraim Of which Ephraim is the head. They shall be one in my hand I will make them one nation, and appoint one king to rule over them, namely, Christ the Messiah. And the sticks, &c ., shall be before their eyes Thou shalt place the sticks, or rods, thus joined together, before their eyes, as a visible token or pledge of the truth of what I enjoin thee to speak to them in the following words.
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Ezekiel 37:18-20
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
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.
20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.