'Rod' in the Bible

“And they will pass through the sea of distress and anxiety [with the Lord leading His people, as at the Red Sea]And He will strike the waves in the sea,So that all the depths of the Nile will dry up;And the pride of Assyria will be brought downAnd the scepter [of the taskmasters] of Egypt will pass away.

The Lord said to me, “Take again for yourself the equipment [of a shepherd, but this time] of a foolish shepherd.