The “two sticks” will unite one day and the 12 tribes will become as brothers again and acknowledge their Messiah. It’s a promise from God and He never gets it wrong.
A couple of days ago I was preparing the very lengthy thread of The Prodigal Son, for publishing in mid-July, and I was enjoying Jesus' symbolism: the Prodigal for Gentiles and his brother for the Jews. How humiliating for the Chosen People, to have self-ostracized while watching the outsiders being welcomed.The parable ends with the Father explaining to the angry Jews why He must re-admit the now-repentant Gentiles to His family--but it omits entirely their response.