I will take] That is, I will gather together, and unite all mine elect, of what nation soever they be, into one spirituall body: annihilating by the crosse of Christ, the divisions and enmities of the nations, as of Judah, and of the ten tribes, oftentimes used by the Prophets for a figure of the division which was between the Jews and the Gentiles. Isaiah 11:13. Eph. 2. 14, 15, 16. stick of Joseph] Of the ten tribes, represented by this stick of Joseph, by reason that the tribe of Ephraim had ruled over them.