Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Yet shall old men and old women sit in the broadways of Jerusalem, - Yea, each one with his staff in his hand for multitude of days:

So I took my staff Grace, and cut it in two, - that I might set aside my covenant which I had solemnised with all the peoples.

Then cut I in two my second staff, even Union, - that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.