10. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.
11. Then he said unto me,
12. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13. And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14. And shall put my Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall you know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, says the LORD.
15. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
16. Moreover, you son of man, take you 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:
17. And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in your hand.
18. And when the children of your people shall speak unto you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?