Isaiah 7:1-6
Ahaz Receives a Sign
7:1 During the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched up to Jerusalem to do battle, but they were unable to prevail against it.
7:2 It was reported to the family of David, “Syria has allied with Ephraim.” They and their people were emotionally shaken, just as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.
7:3 So the Lord told Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.
7:4 Tell him, ‘Make sure you stay calm! Don’t be afraid! Don’t be intimidated by these two stubs of smoking logs, or by the raging anger of Rezin, Syria, and the son of Remaliah.
7:5 Syria has plotted with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah to bring about your demise.
7:6 They say, “Let’s attack Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it. Then we’ll set up the son of Tabeel as its king.”
Jeremiah 3:18
3:18 At that time
the nation of Judah and the nation of Israel will be reunited.
Together they will come back from a land in the north to the land that I gave to your ancestors as a permanent possession. ”
Ezekiel 37:16-24
37:16 “As for you, son of man, take one branch, and write on it, ‘For Judah, and for the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another branch and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the branch of Ephraim and all the house of Israel associated with him.’
37:17 Join
them as one stick;
they will be as one in your hand.
37:18 When your people
say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what these things mean?’
37:19 tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign
Lord says: Look, I am about to take the branch of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will place them on the stick of Judah,
and make them into one stick – they will be one in my hand.’
37:20 The sticks you write on will be in your hand in front of them.
37:21 Then tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign
Lord says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land.
37:22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will never again be two nations and never again be divided into two kingdoms.
37:23 They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness
by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God.
37:24 “‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.
Hosea 1:11
1:11 Then the people
of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader,
and will flourish in the land.
Certainly,
the day of Jezreel will be great!