Judah and Joseph will Re-Unite. Some Biblical Sources
Duration: 12.48 Minutes
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Ezekiel (NASB) 37:
19 say to them, 'Thus says the LORD God, "Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand." 20 The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.
21 Say to them, 'Thus says the LORD God, 'Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms. 23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their 'dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.
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Isaiah 11:
12 And He will lift up a standard for the nations
And assemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
13 Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be cut off;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.
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Jeremiah (NASB) 31:
18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers as an inheritance.
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Jeremiah (NASB) 31:
1 'At that time,' declares the LORD, 'I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.'...
7 For thus says the LORD,
'Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
And shout among the chief of the nations;
Proclaim, give praise and say,
'O LORD, save Your people,
The remnant of Israel.'
8 Behold, I am bringing them from the north country,
And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth....
9 ... For I am a father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My firstborn.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
And declare in the coastlands afar off,
And say, 'He who scattered Israel will gather him
And keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.'
11 For the LORD has ransomed Jacob
And redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
12 They will come and shout for joy on the height of Zion...
15 Thus says the LORD,
A voice is heard in Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
She refuses to be comforted for her children,
Because they are no more.
16 Thus says the LORD,
'Restrain your voice from weeping
And your eyes from tears;
For your work will be rewarded,' declares the LORD,
'And they will return from the land of the enemy.
17 'There is hope for your future,' declares the LORD,
'And your children will return to their own territory.
18 'I have surely heard Ephraim grieving,
You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained calf [Hebrew: "Aegel" pronounced as "Angle"];
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the LORD my God.....
20 Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a delightful child?
Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,
I certainly still remember him;
Therefore My heart yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him, declares the LORD.
20 Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a delightful child?
Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,
I certainly still remember him;
Therefore My heart yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him, declares the LORD.
21 Set up for yourself roadmarks,
Place for yourself guideposts;
Direct your mind to the highway,
The way by which you went.
Return, O virgin of Israel,
Return to these your cities.
31 Behold, days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them, declares the LORD. 33 But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD, I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, Know the LORD, for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, declares the LORD, for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.
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THE RETURN OF EPHRAIM
Zechariah 10:
7 Those of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man...
8 I will whistle for them and gather them, For I will redeem them; And they shall increase as they once increased.
9 I will sow them among the peoples, And they shall remember Me in far countries; They shall live, together with their children, And they shall return.
10 I will also bring them back from the land of Egypt [in Hebrew "Mitsrayim" which can also connote regions in the north] And gather them from Assyria. I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon, Until no more room is found for them.
Micah 7:
12 In that day they shall come to you From Assyria and the fortified cities...
14 ... Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, As in days of old.
15 As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show them wonders.