¹⁶ “Son of man, take a single stick and write on it:^(A) 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.^{(B) 17} Then join them together into a single stick so that they become one in your hand.^{(C) 18} When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these things?’^(D)—