In the eighth month of the second year of king Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the Prophet, saying,

Upon the twenty forth day of the eleventh month which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the Prophet, who said,

I took also my Loving Meek staff, and brake it, that I might disannul the covenant, which I made with all people.

Then brake I my other staff also, namely Woe, that I might loose the brotherhood betwixt Judah and Israel.