And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
And I take My staff Pleasantness, and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that I had made with all the peoples:
And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentZechariah — Contemporary of Haggai — but longer, stranger, and more explicitly Messianic. Eight night visions, a royal-priestly crown, Zion's king riding on a donkey, and the pierced one they shall look upon.
- Author
- Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo (1:1) — priest and prophet of the return
- Date
- Began 520 BC, contemporary with Haggai; later oracles (ch. 9–14) may date to the later 5th c. BC