Zechariah 11:14 BSB

Zechariah 11:14

Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

KJV

Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Zechariah (420)

(Verse 14) And I cut off my second staff, called 'Favor,' in order to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. Septuagint: And I threw away my second staff, called 'Favor,' in order to annul the covenant that existed between Judah and Israel. And in this place, I came across a long explanation, or rather, intricate puzzles, that I read in the volume of Ezekiel, bringing together the two staffs into one community, and all the things that should be spiritually understood about the harmony between Judah and Ephraim, fitting in with this chapter.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That I might break the brotherhood - I cannot, says Newcome, explain this passage, without supposing that the kingdom of Israel subsisted when the prophet wrote it; and that either the wars between Judah and Israel are referred to, (see 2Ki 16:5), or the captivity of the ten tribes, when the brotherly connection between these kingdoms ceased.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The breaking of the bond of union between Judah and Israel's ten tribes under Rehoboam is here the image used to represent the fratricidal discord of factions which raged within Jerusalem on the eve of its fall, while the Romans were thundering at its gates without.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָֽאֶגְדַּע֙	va.'eg.Da'	and I cut up	H1438 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מַקְלִ֣י	mak.Li	staff my	H4731 →
הַשֵּׁנִ֔י	ha.she.Ni	<the> second	H8145 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
הַחֹֽבְלִ֑ים	ha.choe.Lim	<the> Union	H2256 →
לְהָפֵר֙	le.ha.Fer	to break	H6565 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָֽאַחֲוָ֔ה	ha.'a.cha.Vah	the brotherhood	H264 →
בֵּ֥ין	bein	between	H996 →
יְהוּדָ֖ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
וּבֵ֥ין	u.Vein	and between	H996 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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James 3:16
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
leads to
- James 3:14
  But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3
  for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 14:33
  For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
- 1 John 3:12
  Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
Through
James 3:14
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
leads to
- James 3:16
  For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4
  Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
- Philippians 2:3
  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Through
Galatians 5:15
But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
leads to
- Galatians 5:26
  Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.