Thematic Bible: Sticks and staves
Thematic Bible
Symbols and similitudes » Sticks and staves
So I became shepherd of the flock marked for slaughter, paying attention to the oppressed of the flock. I took two staffs naming one "Pleasant" and the other one "Union" - and then I pastured the flock.
Verse Concepts
So I took the 30 shekels of silver and threw them into the treasury of the Temple of the LORD. Then I broke my second staff the one I had named "Union" - breaking the union between the house of Judah and the house of Israel.
Verse Concepts
"Now as for you, Son of Man, grab a stick of wood for yourself and write on it these words: "FOR JUDAH AND THE ISRAELIS, HIS COMPANIONS' "Then grab another stick and write on it: "FOR JOSEPH, THE STICK OF EPHRAIM, AND ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, HIS COMPANIONS' "Then join them together end-to-end so that they become a single baton in your hand.
Then I took the staff that I had named "Pleasant" and broke it, showing I was breaking my covenant that I had made with all of the people. It was broken at that time so the oppressed of the flock who were observing me would know that it had been a message from the LORD.