Thematic Bible: Sticks and staves
Thematic Bible
Symbols and similitudes » Sticks and staves
So I fed the poor of the flock of slaughter. I took two staffs; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
Verse Concepts
I broke my other staff in pieces. It was the one I called Bands. That way I broke the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Verse Concepts
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.' Then join both sticks together so that they will be one in your hand. Your people will say to you:
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.