Speak unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am taking the stick of Joseph, that <FI>is<Fi> in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and have given them unto him, with the stick of Judah, and have made them become one stick, and they have been one in My hand.
Ezekiel 37:17 and bring them near one unto another, to thee, for one stick, and they have become one in thy hand.
Ezekiel 37:18 `And when sons of thy people speak unto thee, saying, Dost thou not declare to us what these <FI>are<Fi> to thee?
Ezekiel 37:19 Speak unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am taking the stick of Joseph, that <FI>is<Fi> in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and have given them unto him, with the stick of Judah, and have made them become one stick, and they have been one in My hand.
Ezekiel 37:20 And the sticks on which thou writest have been in thy hand before thine eyes,
Ezekiel 37:21 and speak thou unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am taking the sons of Israel, From among the nations whither they have gone, And have gathered them from round about, And I have brought them in unto their land.
The verse centers on "speak", "thus", "said", "lord", "jehovah", "taking", "stick", and "joseph". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "speak" and "thus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 18's "And when sons of thy people speak..." into verse 20's "And the sticks on which thou writest...", so "speak" and "thus" belong inside that flow. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "speak" and "thus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.