13. When this happens, O my people, you will know that I am the lord.
14. I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live again and return home to your own land. Then you will know that I, the lord, have spoken, and I have done what I said. Yes, the lord has spoken!’”
15. Again a message came to me from the lord:
16. “Son of man, take a piece of wood and carve on it these words: ‘This represents Judah and its allied tribes.’ Then take another piece and carve these words on it: ‘This represents Ephraim and the northern tribes of Israel.’
17. Now hold them together in your hand as if they were one piece of wood.
18. When your people ask you what your actions mean,
19. say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign lord says: I will take Ephraim and the northern tribes and join them to Judah. I will make them one piece of wood in my hand.’
20. “Then hold out the pieces of wood you have inscribed, so the people can see them.