Verse 14

And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 9:21 : 21 Manasseh -- Ephraim, and Ephraim -- Manasseh, Together they `are' against Judah, With all this not turned back hath His anger. And still His hand is stretched out!
  • Isa 11:13 : 13 And turned aside hath the envy of Ephraim, And the adversaries of Judah are cut off, Ephraim doth not envy Judah, And Judah doth not distress Ephraim.
  • Ezek 37:16-20 : 16 `And thou, son of man, take to thee one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions; and take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel, his companions, 17 and bring them near one unto another, to thee, for one stick, and they have become one in thy hand. 18 `And when sons of thy people speak unto thee, saying, Dost thou not declare to us what these `are' to thee? 19 Speak unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am taking the stick of Joseph, that `is' 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. 20 And the sticks on which thou writest have been in thy hand before thine eyes,
  • Zech 11:7 : 7 And I feed the flock of slaughter, even you, ye afflicted of the flock; and I take to me two staves, the one I have called Pleasantness, and the other I have called Bands, and I feed the flock.
  • Zech 11:9 : 9 And I say, `I do not feed you, the dying, let die; and the cut off, let be cut off; and the remaining ones, let each eat the flesh of its neighbour.'
  • Matt 24:10 : 10 and then shall many be stumbled, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.
  • Acts 23:7-9 : 7 And he having spoken this, there came a dissension of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, and the crowd was divided, 8 for Sadducees, indeed, say there is no rising again, nor messenger, nor spirit, but Pharisees confess both. 9 And there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part having arisen, were striving, saying, `No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;' 10 and a great dissension having come, the chief captain having been afraid lest Paul may be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiery, having gone down, to take him by force out of the midst of them, and to bring `him' to the castle.
  • Gal 5:15 : 15 and if one another ye do bite and devour, see -- that ye may not by one another be consumed.
  • Jas 3:14 : 14 and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;
  • Jas 3:16 : 16 for where zeal and rivalry `are', there is insurrection and every evil matter;
  • Jas 4:1-3 : 1 Whence `are' wars and fightings among you? not thence -- out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members? 2 ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking; 3 ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend `it'.