Ezekiel 37; 16—17, “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: And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.” Some of the artists who have drawn or painted this have chosen to show the two sticks twisted together. Two different sticks, not twisted together but joined end to end to become one continuous longer stick is the concept in this passage. Not a repaired broken stick, but two separate sticks bonded together in a way that only our Creator is able to accomplish.