Zechariah 11:14
And I cut short my second staff, which was called Rope, so that I might dissolve the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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In Context
15And the Lord said to me: Still they are to you the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
Cross References
Isaiah 11:13And the envy of Ephraim will be taken away, and the enemies of Judah will perish. Ephraim will not be a rival to Judah, and Judah will not fight against Ephraim.
Ezekiel 37:22And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will be ruler over all. And they will no longer be two nations, nor will they be divided any more into two kingdoms.
Zechariah 11:9And I said: I will not pasture you. Whatever dies, let it die. And whatever is cut down, let it be cut down. And let the rest of them devour, each one the flesh of his neighbor.
Mark 3:24For if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.
Galatians 5:15But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another!
James 3:16For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work.
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 →