14. I will put my breath in you, and you will live. I will plant you on your fertile land, and you will know that I am the Lord. I’ve spoken, and I will do it. This is what the Lord says."
15. The Lord’s word came to me:
16. You, human one, take a stick, and write on it, "Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him." Take another stick and write on it, "Stick of Ephraim belonging to Joseph and everyone of the house of Israel associated with him."
17. Join them to each other to make a single stick so that they become one stick in your hand.
18. When your people ask you, "Why won’t you tell us what these sticks mean to you?"