¹⁸ In those days the house of Judah will join with the house of Israel,^(A) and they will come together from the land of the north to the land I have given your ancestors to inherit.”^(B)

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)

²² I will make them one nation in the land,^(A) on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them.^(B) They will no longer be two nations and will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.