Ezekiel 37:20

20 "Then take the sticks you've inscribed and hold them up so the people can see them.

Ezekiel 37:20 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 37:20

And the sticks whereon thou writest
Or art about to write the above things, according to order and direction: shall be in thine hand before their eyes;
shall be held up to them to look at for some time, and observe the cement of the two sticks; and learn and lay up in their minds what is meant by this emblem; and be assured that what is hereafter said as a further explication of it shall certainly be fulfilled.

Ezekiel 37:20 In-Context

18 "When your people ask you, 'Are you going to tell us what you're doing?'

19 tell them, 'God, the Master, says, Watch me! I'll take the Joseph stick that is in Ephraim's hand, with the tribes of Israel connected with him, and lay the Judah stick on it. I'll make them into one stick. I'm holding one stick.'

20 "Then take the sticks you've inscribed and hold them up so the people can see them.

21 Tell them, 'God, the Master, says, Watch me! I'm taking the Israelites out of the nations in which they've been exiled. I'll gather them in from all directions and bring them back home.

22 I'll make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and give them one king - one king over all of them. Never again will they be divided into two nations, two kingdoms.