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Ezekiel 37:17

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17 Join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand.
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Ezekiel 37:17 in Other Translations

KJV
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
ESV
17 And join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
NLT
17 Now hold them together in your hand as if they were one piece of wood.
MSG
17 Then tie the two sticks together so that you're holding one stick.
CSB
17 Then join them together into a single stick so that they become one in your hand.

Ezekiel 37:17 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 37:17

And join them one to another into one stick
Clap the sticks, planks, boards, or tables, to one another; glue them together, or set them so close to one another, that they may seem as one stick, plank, board, or table: and they shall become one in thine hand;
they shall look as if they were one. R. Joseph Kimchi, the father of David, thinks they really became one, by means of a miracle wrought; but there is no need to suppose this; it is enough that they appeared to be so.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 37:17 In-Context

15 The word of the LORD came to me:
16 “Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, ‘Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, ‘Belonging to Joseph (that is, to Ephraim) and all the Israelites associated with him.’
17 Join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand.
18 “When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you tell us what you mean by this?’
19 say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in Ephraim’s hand—and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah’s stick. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.’

Cross References 1

  • 1. ver 24; Isaiah 11:13; S Jeremiah 50:4; Hosea 1:11
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