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וְעָשִׂיתִי אֹתָם לְגֹוי אֶחָד בָּאָרֶץ בְּהָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמֶלֶךְ אֶחָד יִהְיֶה לְכֻלָּם לְמֶלֶךְ וְלֹא [כ= יִהְיֶה] [ק= יִהְיוּ]־עֹוד לִשְׁנֵי גֹויִם וְלֹא יֵחָצוּ עֹוד לִשְׁתֵּי מַמְלָכֹות עֹוד׃
Yechezchial 37:22
The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 161
161. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 38
1-2 Those who are in the mere sense of the letter of the Word, and in a worship therefrom which is external without an internal, are meant by Gog. (2)
3-7 Everything and all things of that worship will perish. (2)
8-16 That worship will possess the church, and will vastate it, and it will thus be in externals without internals. (2)
17-19 The state of the church will therefore be changed. (2, 7)
20-23 And the truths and goods of religion will perish in consequence, and falsities will succeed in their place. (2)
Ezekiel 37:15-20
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The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
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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:
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And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
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And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
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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.
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And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
