Thematic Bible: Sticks and staves
Thematic Bible
Symbols and similitudes » Sticks and staves
And I shepherded the flock [doomed] to slaughter, even the afflicted of the flock. I took two staffs, one I called Kindness, and the other I called Unity, and I shepherded the flock.
Verse Concepts
Then I broke my second staff Unity to break the family ties between Judah and Israel.
Verse Concepts
"And you, son of man, take for yourself {a piece of wood}, and write on it, 'For Judah and for the {Israelites} his associates,' and take another [piece of] wood, and write on it, 'For Joseph, [the piece of] wood of Ephraim and all of the house of Israel his associates.' And join them one to [the] other with respect to you [as] one [piece of] wood, so that they may become one in your hand.
And I took my staff Kindness and broke it, to break my covenant that I {had made} with all the peoples. And it was broken on that day. Then the afflicted of the flock, the [ones who were] watching me, knew that it [was] the word of Yahweh.