"And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou {meanest} by these?" — Ezekiel 37:18

Ezekiel 37:18 · KJV

“And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou {meanest} by these?”

— Ezekiel 37:18

Verse 17

And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

Verse 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.

Ezekiel 37 — Context

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:

And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou {meanest} by these?

And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

Cross References

Ezekiel 24:19

And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these {things are} to us, that thou doest {so}?

Ezekiel 12:9

Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?

Ezekiel 20:49

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Ezekiel 17:12

Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these {things mean}? tell {them}, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;