Translations
Modern
When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’
Traditional
And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
Literal
And when the sons of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Will you not show to us what these are to you??’
Latin
Cum autem dixerint ad te filii populi tui, loquentes: Nonne indicas nobis quid in his tibi velis?
Original
Hebrew
English
When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’
Notes
The prophet then performed a sign action (see “Prophetic Sign Acts” Theme Note) that showed the future reunification of God's people and the healing of the division between the northern and southern tribes (see 1 Kings 12).
Theme notes and profiles
Events
- Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC
Glossary
Desert Ephraim, Tribe of Ezekiel (Person) Ezekiel, Book of Funeral Customs Land Resurrection
Topics
Instruction by Object Lessons: Two Sticks Joined Together Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of the Reunion of the Ten Tribes and Judah Symbols and Similitudes: Two Sticks