Ezekiel 37:11-27

Ezekiel 37:11-27

[11] Then he said  unto me, Son  of man,  these bones  are the whole house  of Israel:  behold, they say,  Our bones  are dried,  and our hope  is lost:  we are cut off  for our parts. [12] Therefore prophesy  and say  the Lord  GOD;  Behold, O my people,  I will open  your graves,  and cause you to come up  out of your graves,  and bring  you into the land  of Israel.  [13] And ye shall know  that I am the LORD,  when I have opened  your graves,  O my people,  and brought you up  out of your graves,  [14] And shall put  my spirit  in you, and ye shall live,  and I shall place  you in your own land:  then shall ye know  that I the LORD  have spoken  it, and performed  it, saith  the LORD.  [15] The word  of the LORD  came again unto me, saying,  [16] Moreover, thou son  of man,  take  thee one  stick,  and write  upon it, For Judah,  and for the children  of Israel  his companions:  then take  another  stick,  and write  upon it, For Joseph,  the stick  of Ephraim,  and for all the house  of Israel  his companions:  [17] And join  them one  stick;  and they shall become one  in thine hand.  [18] And when the children  of thy people  shall speak  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.  [21] And say  unto them, Thus saith  the Lord  GOD;  Behold, I will take  the children  of Israel  from among  the heathen,  whither they be gone,  and will gather  them on every side,  and bring  them into their own land:  [22] And I will make  them one  nation  in the land  upon the mountains  of Israel;  and one  king  to them all: and they shall be  no more two  nations,  neither shall they be divided  into two  kingdoms  any more at all: [23] Neither shall they defile  themselves any more with their idols,  nor with their detestable things,  nor with any of their transgressions:  but I will save  them out of all their dwellingplaces,  wherein they have sinned,  and will cleanse  them: so shall they be my people,  and I will be their God.  [24] And David  my servant  shall be king  over them; and they all shall have one  shepherd:  in my judgments,  and observe  my statutes,  and do  [25] And they shall dwell  in the land  that I have given  unto Jacob  my servant,  wherein your fathers  have dwelt;  therein, even they, and their children,  for ever:  and my servant  David  shall be their prince  for  ever.  [26] Moreover I will make  a covenant  of peace  with them; it shall be an everlasting  covenant  with them: and I will place  them, and multiply  them, and will set  my sanctuary  in the midst  of them for evermore.  [27] My tabernacle  also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God,  and they shall be my people.