Thematic Bible: Sticks and staves


Thematic Bible



And I feed the flock of slaughter, even you, ye afflicted of the flock; and I take to me two staves, the one I have called Pleasantness, and the other I have called Bands, and I feed the flock. Verse ConceptsStaffKilling Domesticated AnimalsNations UnitedTwo Other ThingsBlessingPasturing The Flockreunitinggraciousness

And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel. Verse ConceptsBrotherhoodBreaking SticksNations UnitedUnrelated PeopleTogetherness

'And thou, son of man, take to thee one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions; and take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel, his companions, and bring them near one unto another, to thee, for one stick, and they have become one in thy hand.

And I take My staff Pleasantness, and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that I had made with all the peoples: and it is broken in that day, and know well do the afflicted of the flock who are observing me, that it is a word of Jehovah.