Zechariah 11:14
Then I cut apart my other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15And LORD said to me, Take to thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
Cross References
Isaiah 11:13Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who vex Judah shall be cut off. Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Ezekiel 37:22And I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king to them all. And they shall no more be two nations, nor shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
Zechariah 11:9Then I said, I will not feed you. That which dies, let it die, and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off, and let those who are left eat each one the flesh of another.
Mark 3:24And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
Galatians 5:15But if ye bite and devour each other, watch out that ye be not consumed by each other.
James 3:16For where envy and selfish ambition are, there is instability and every evil deed.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 11:5-15
Judgments Predicted and Typified. ( b. c. 510.) 4 Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord ; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord : but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not… Read the whole commentary →