³⁷ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Once again I will yield to Israel’s plea^(A) and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous as sheep,^(B)

¹⁹ 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. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.’^(A)

⁷ This is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west.^{(A) 8} I will bring them back^(B) to live^(C) in Jerusalem; they will be my people,^(D) and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God.^(E)”