'Ties' in the Bible

[He] ties up [the] water in its clouds, and [the] cloud is not torn open beneath it.

I drew them {with human ties}, with the bands of love. I was to them like one who lifted up a yoke on their jaws, [though] I bent down to them [and] let them eat.

Then I broke my second staff Unity to break the family ties between Judah and Israel.