Reference: Rod
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An offshoot from the trunk of a tree, Ge 30:37; Isa 11:1; Eze 37:15-22. It also denotes a staff, used by one walking, Isa 3:1; Eze 29:6; by a diviner, Ho 4:12; by a surveyor, Ps 74:2; by a shepherd, Le 27:32; Zec 11:10-14; as an instrument of correction, Pr 23:13; 29:15; as a sceptre, Es 8:4; Isa 14:5; and as a symbol of power, Ps 2:9, support and direction, Ps 23:4.
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Jacob took green branches of poplar (storax), almond, and plane trees and stripped off some of the bark so that the branches had white stripes on them.
Every tenth head of cattle or sheep that you counted is holy and belongs to Jehovah.
You will rule them with an iron scepter. You will dash them to pieces like pottery!
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me. Your rod and your staff they comfort me.
Remember your congregation, which you purchased long ago. For you have redeemed it to be the tribe of your inheritance, Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
Do not withhold discipline from a child. If you spank him with a stick he will not die.
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Jehovah of Hosts, the Almighty (Ruler) (Sovereign) is going to take all support and supply of food and water from Jerusalem and Judah.
There must go forth a twig out of the stump of Jesse. A branch (sprout) (shoot) (descendant) from his roots will bear fruit.
Jehovah has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.
Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Jehovah. This is because they have been only a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.
Jehovah spoke his word to me again: Son of man, take a stick and write on it: For Judah and for the Israelites who are associated with it.' Then take another stick and write on it: 'The stick of Ephraim, for Joseph and for all the people of Israel associated with it.' read more. Then join both sticks together so that they will be one in your hand. Your people will say to you: Tell us what you mean by this.' Then say to them: 'This is what the Lord Jehovah says: I will take Joseph's stick, which is in Ephraim's hand, and the tribes of Israel associated with it, and I will put them with Judah's stick. I will make them into one stick. They will be one in my hand.' When you hold the sticks in your hand, let the people see them. Tell them: 'The Lord Jehovah says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from everywhere and bring them to their own land. I will form them into one nation in the land on the mountains of Israel. One king will rule all of them. They will no longer be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.
My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declares to them; for the spirit of adultery caused them to go astray. They have played the harlot, departing from their God.
So I took my staff, Beauty, and broke it in pieces that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples. It was broken in that day. In this way, the poor of the flock listened to me and knew that it was the word of Jehovah. read more. I said to them, If it is good in your sight give me my wages, if not forget it. So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. Jehovah said to me, Throw it to the potter, the amount they paid me. I took the thirty pieces of silver, and threw them to the potter, in the house of Jehovah. I broke my other staff in pieces. It was the one I called Bands. That way I broke the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Fausets
Emblem of authority. Ex 4:2, etc., Moses'; Numbers 17, Aaron's; Ps 2:9, Christ's. He will either rule with the pastoral rod, or break with the rod (scepter) of iron (Re 2:27; 19:15; Mic 6:9; 7:14; Ps 110:2; Isa 9:4; 11:4).
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Jehovah asked him: What is that in your hand? He answered: A shepherd's staff.
You will rule them with an iron scepter. You will dash them to pieces like pottery!
Jehovah will extend your powerful scepter from Zion. He will say: Rule in the midst of your enemies.
As in the day of Midian's defeat, you have shattered the yoke of his burdens: the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.
But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth (power of his words), and with the spirit (breath) of his lips he will destroy the wicked.
The voice of Jehovah calls to the city. The man of wisdom will see (respect) your name! Hear the rod and who appointed it.
Shepherd your people, the flock of your heritage, with your staff. They dwell alone in the forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
He will rule them with a rod of iron and break them to pieces like clay vessels: even as I received from my Father.
Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with a rod of iron. He treads the winepress of the fierceness and anger of Almighty God.
Hastings
The rods, sticks, staves, and clubs carried or otherwise used by the Hebrews were probably as varied in size and shape as those in use among the inhabitants of Palestine at the present day, of which a minute description, with illustrations, is given by Baldensperger in Quarterly Statement of the same, 1905, 35 ff. No hard-and-fast distinction can be made out between the matteh, the sh
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Jacob took green branches of poplar (storax), almond, and plane trees and stripped off some of the bark so that the branches had white stripes on them.
I am less than nothing in comparison with all your love and your faithfulness to me your servant. I only had a stick in my hand when I traveled across Jordan. Now I have become two armies.
Jehovah asked him: What is that in your hand? He answered: A shepherd's staff.
Every tenth head of cattle or sheep that you counted is holy and belongs to Jehovah.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me. Your rod and your staff they comfort me.
Wisdom is found on the lips of the understanding (discerning). A rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding.
He who spares the rod (authority) hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines (instructs) him promptly.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool's back.
Therefore, this is what the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, declares: O my people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians. They beat you with a rod and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
The people of Assyria will be shattered at the sound of Jehovah's voice. He will strike them with his rod.
Watsons
ROD. This word is used sometimes for the branches of a tree: "And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree," Ge 30:37; sometimes for a staff or wand: "And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs, And Moses took the rod of God in his hand," Ex 4:17,20; or for a shepherd's crook: "And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod; the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord," Le 27:32; or for a rod, properly so called, which God makes use of to correct men: "If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men," 2Sa 7:14. "Let him take his rod away from me," Job 9:34. The empire of the Messiah is sometimes represented by a rod of iron, to show its power and its might, Ps 2:9; Re 2:27; 12:5; 19:15. "Rod is sometimes put to signify a tribe or a people; "Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased of old, the rod of thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed," Ps 74:2. "Israel is the rod of his inheritance," Jer 10:16. The rod of Aaron is the staff commonly used by the high priest. This is the rod that budded and blossomed like an almond tree, Numbers 17. See AARON.
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Jacob took green branches of poplar (storax), almond, and plane trees and stripped off some of the bark so that the branches had white stripes on them.
Take your staff in your hand with which you shall perform the signs.
So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on a donkey and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand.
Every tenth head of cattle or sheep that you counted is holy and belongs to Jehovah.
I will be his father. He will be my son. When he does wrong I will correct him just as parents correct children.
Let God remove his rod from me. Do not let dread of him terrify me.
You will rule them with an iron scepter. You will dash them to pieces like pottery!
Remember your congregation, which you purchased long ago. For you have redeemed it to be the tribe of your inheritance, Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
Jacob's share is not like this. For he made everything! Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. Jehovah of Hosts is his name.
He will rule them with a rod of iron and break them to pieces like clay vessels: even as I received from my Father.
She gave birth to a male-child, who was to rule all nations with a rod (scepter) of iron. Her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with a rod of iron. He treads the winepress of the fierceness and anger of Almighty God.