Correct brother, and to make it to any other audience violates every other usage of the term "twelve tribes" throughout scripture. I guess some people have no problem with this.
The Bible makes known of two Israels and their respective tribes: the earthly Israel and the heavenly (spiritual) Israel. The heavenly Israel consists of all who will ever become saved - the true Christians- they alone are the true Israelites. Therefore, the word "scattered" pertains to the scattering of those chosen throughout time: those who will be the citizens of the heavenly Israel - who God makes into the heavenly Israel and its tribes.
[Rev 5:6,9- 10 KJV]
6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God
by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests:
and we shall reign on the earth.
[Eze 34:5-7, 11-17 KJV]
5 And
they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea,
my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek [after them].
7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; ...
11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, [even]
I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep [that are] scattered;
so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
13 And
I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and [in] a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
16
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
17 And [as for] you,
O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
[Mat 26:31 KJV]
31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written,
I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
[Heb 12:22-23 KJV]
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion,
and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the
general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are
written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
[Luk 12:32 KJV]
32
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
[Gal 6:15-16 KJV]
15 For
in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a
new creature.
16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace [be] on them, and mercy, and
upon the Israel of God.
[Rev 21:1-2 KJV]
1 And I saw a
new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the
holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
[Rev 21:10 - 12 KJV]
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city,
the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
12 And had a wall great and high, [and] had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are [the names] of the
twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
So, in considering all of the above verses closely, and in viewing the following verses closely, we see not only who the Book of James was written to, but also who the whole Bible was written to, they, being those who must become saved, and they who can never become saved. The Book of James, as was the whole Bible, was written by God alone. Being written by God, it transcends all earthly groupings of people except for those two.
[2Co 2:15-16 KJV]
15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ,
in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
16 To the one [we are]
the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who [is] sufficient for these things?
and came unto them.