Zechariah 11:14
Then cut I in two my second staff, even Union,—that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15Then said Yahweh unto me,—Yet further take thee the implements of a worthless shepherd.
Cross References
Isaiah 11:13And the envy of Ephraim shall be removed, And the vexatious doings of Judah, shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah, shall not vex Ephraim;
Ezekiel 37:22And will make of them one nation in the land. among the mountains of Israel, And one king, shall they all have for king, —And they shall remain no longer two nations, Nor shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more.
Zechariah 11:9Then said I—I will not tend you,—the dying, may die, and, the disappearing, may disappear, and, the remainder, may devour one another.
Mark 3:24And, if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;
Galatians 5:15If, however, one another, ye bite and devour, take heed lest, by one another, ye be consumed!
James 3:16For, where jealousy and rivalry are, there, are anarchy and every ignoble 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 →