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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/zechariah/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/zechariah/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/zechariah/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then I took my other staff, Union, and cut it in two, showing that the bond of unity between Judah and Israel was broken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/zechariah/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then I broke my second staff Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/zechariah/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/zechariah/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then I cut asunder mine other staff, <i>even</i> Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/zechariah/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/zechariah/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I cut in pieces my second staff Union, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/zechariah/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then I cut in pieces my second staff Union, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/zechariah/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then I cut my second staff, Union, in pieces, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/zechariah/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then I cut in pieces my second staff Union, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/zechariah/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then I broke my second staff, Union, into pieces to break the brotherhood between Judah (the Southern Kingdom) and Israel (the Northern Kingdom).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/zechariah/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/zechariah/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/zechariah/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/zechariah/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then I broke the stick named "Unity" and canceled the ties between Judah and Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/zechariah/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/zechariah/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then I broke my second staff, called Unity, in pieces, to break off the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/zechariah/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then I broke the second stick, the one called "Unity," and the unity of Judah and Israel was shattered. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/zechariah/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then I broke my second staff—the one I had named "Union"—breaking the union between the house of Judah and the house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/zechariah/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/zechariah/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then I cut the second staff "Binders" in two in order to annul the covenant of brotherhood between Judah and Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/zechariah/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/zechariah/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then I cut asunder my other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/zechariah/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then I cut apart my other staff, Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/zechariah/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I cut apart my second staff, Bands, "" To break the unity between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/zechariah/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/zechariah/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I shall cut off my second rod, Cords, to break the brotherhood between Judah and between Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/zechariah/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I cut off my second rod that was called a Cord, that I might break the brotherhood between Juda and Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/zechariah/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I cut short my second staff, which was called Rope, so that I might dissolve the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/zechariah/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then I snapped in two my second staff, Union, breaking the kinship between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/zechariah/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then I broke my second staff Unity, annulling the family ties between Judah and Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/zechariah/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then I broke my other staff, even Measuring-line, that I might nullify the agreements between Judah and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/zechariah/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I broke Agony, my other staff, that I would nullify the agreement that was between Yehuda and Israel<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/zechariah/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Binders, that the brotherhood between Judah and Israel might be broken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/zechariah/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I cast away <i>my</i> second rod, <i>even</i> Line, that I might break the possession between Juda and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CFPk_KgOyMk?start=1778" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/zechariah/11.htm">Thirty Pieces of Silver</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1438.htm" title="1438: wā·’eḡ·da‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To hew, hew down or off. A primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything.">Then I cut in two</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: haš·šê·nî (Art:: Number-oms) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">my second</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4731.htm" title="4731: maq·lî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A rod, staff. Or maqqlah; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate; a shoot, i.e. Stick.">staff</a> <a href="/hebrew/2256.htm" title="2256: ha·ḥō·ḇə·lîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin.">called Union,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6565.htm" title="6565: lə·hā·p̄êr (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To break up, to violate, frustrate. A primitive root; to break up">breaking</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/264.htm" title="264: hā·’a·ḥă·wāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Brotherhood. From 'ach; fraternity.">the brotherhood</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên (Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">between</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇên (Conj-w:: Prep) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">and Israel.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-9.htm">Matthew 27:9-10</a></span><br />Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel, / and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-10.htm">Jeremiah 19:10-11</a></span><br />Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you, / and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-15.htm">Ezekiel 37:15-22</a></span><br />Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’ / Then join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/1-11.htm">Hosea 1:11</a></span><br />Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-13.htm">Isaiah 11:13</a></span><br />Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-16.htm">John 10:16</a></span><br />I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-14.htm">Ephesians 2:14-16</a></span><br />For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility / by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace / and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-3.htm">Micah 5:3</a></span><br />Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/2-1.htm">Psalm 2:1-3</a></span><br />Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? / The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: / “Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-25.htm">Acts 4:25-28</a></span><br />You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? / The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’ / In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-21.htm">Isaiah 9:21</a></span><br />Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-22.htm">Ezekiel 37:22</a></span><br />I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-51.htm">John 11:51-52</a></span><br />Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation, / and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/12-12.htm">1 Corinthians 12:12-13</a></span><br />The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ. / For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a></span><br />He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then I cut asunder my other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.</p><p class="hdg">I cut.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/11-9.htm">Zechariah 11:9</a></b></br> Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-21.htm">Isaiah 9:21</a></b></br> Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: <i>and</i> they together <i>shall be</i> against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand <i>is</i> stretched out still.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/11-13.htm">Isaiah 11:13</a></b></br> The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.</p><p class="hdg">Bands.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/11-7.htm">Zechariah 11:7</a></b></br> And I will feed the flock of slaughter, <i>even</i> you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">Annulling</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">Asunder</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-7.htm">Bands</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-7.htm">Binders</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">Break</a> <a href="/joel/2-8.htm">Breaking</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-11.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-9.htm">Brotherhood</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-6.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-13.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/micah/7-5.htm">Relation</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">Rod</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-12.htm">Second</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">Staff</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-7.htm">Union</a> <a href="/psalms/133-1.htm">Unity</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/7-18.htm">Annulling</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-12.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/matthew/19-6.htm">Asunder</a> <a href="/mark/5-4.htm">Bands</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-11.htm">Binders</a> <a href="/malachi/2-16.htm">Break</a> <a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">Breaking</a> <a href="/matthew/14-19.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-16.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/6-5.htm">Brotherhood</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-16.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/matthew/21-8.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-2.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-16.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/matthew/19-10.htm">Relation</a> <a href="/matthew/27-29.htm">Rod</a> <a href="/malachi/2-13.htm">Second</a> <a href="/matthew/10-10.htm">Staff</a> <a href="/matthew/1-25.htm">Union</a> <a href="/john/17-23.htm">Unity</a><div class="vheading2">Zechariah 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zechariah/11-1.htm">The destruction of Jerusalem.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zechariah/11-3.htm">The elect being cared for, the rest are rejected.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">The staves of Beauty and Bands broken by the rejection of Christ.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zechariah/11-15.htm">The type and curse of a foolish shepherd.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/zechariah/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/zechariah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/zechariah/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then I cut in two my second staff called Union</b><br>This phrase signifies a symbolic action performed by the prophet Zechariah. In the context of shepherd imagery, staffs were tools of guidance and protection. The "second staff" named "Union" represents the bond or unity between the tribes of Israel. The act of cutting it in two symbolizes the breaking of this unity. Historically, the division between the northern kingdom (Israel) and the southern kingdom (Judah) occurred after the reign of Solomon, leading to separate political and religious paths. This action by Zechariah foreshadows further division and discord among the people of God.<p><b>breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel</b><br>The breaking of the brotherhood refers to the dissolution of the unity and cooperation between the two kingdoms. This division is not only political but also spiritual, as it reflects the people's departure from God's covenant. The historical context includes the Assyrian conquest of Israel in 722 BC and the Babylonian exile of Judah in 586 BC, which further emphasized the separation. This prophecy also points to the eventual reunification under the Messiah, as seen in passages like <a href="/ezekiel/37-15.htm">Ezekiel 37:15-28</a>, where the two sticks representing Judah and Israel are joined together. The breaking of the brotherhood serves as a warning of the consequences of disobedience and a call to seek unity under God's leadership.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/z/zechariah.htm">Zechariah</a></b><br>A prophet who conveyed God's messages to the people of Israel during the post-exilic period. His prophecies often contained symbolic actions and visions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah_and_israel.htm">Judah and Israel</a></b><br>The two kingdoms that were once united under King David and Solomon but later divided. This division is symbolic of the spiritual and political disunity among God's people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_staff_called_union.htm">The Staff Called Union</a></b><br>A symbolic representation of the bond or unity between Judah and Israel. The breaking of this staff signifies the end of their brotherhood and unity.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_shepherd.htm">The Shepherd</a></b><br>In the broader context of <a href="/bsb/zechariah/11.htm">Zechariah 11</a>, the shepherd represents leaders or messianic figures. The breaking of the staff by the shepherd symbolizes a deliberate act of division.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_covenant.htm">The Covenant</a></b><br>The broader context of <a href="/bsb/zechariah/11.htm">Zechariah 11</a> involves themes of covenant and leadership, with the breaking of the staff indicating a breach or change in the covenantal relationship.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_unity.htm">The Importance of Unity</a></b><br>Unity among believers is crucial for the health and witness of the Church. The breaking of the staff called Union serves as a warning against division and disunity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The division between Judah and Israel was a result of their disobedience and failure to follow God's commands. We must strive to live in obedience to maintain unity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_leadership.htm">Symbolism of Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders play a significant role in maintaining or breaking unity. We should pray for and support godly leaders who seek to unify rather than divide.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_plan.htm">God's Sovereign Plan</a></b><br>Despite the division, God's ultimate plan is for restoration and unity. We can trust in His sovereignty and work towards reconciliation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_christ's_prayer_for_unity.htm">Reflecting Christ's Prayer for Unity</a></b><br>As followers of Christ, we are called to reflect His prayer for unity in <a href="/bsb/john/17.htm">John 17</a> by actively working towards reconciliation and peace within our communities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_zechariah_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Zechariah 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_israel.htm">What does the Bible say about Israel in End Times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ezekiel_34__judgment_inconsistencies.htm">Ezekiel 34 - Are there any inconsistencies with other prophetic books about how judgment is executed and who is held accountable?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_wickedness_in_shinar_in_zech._5_11.htm">Why does Zechariah 5:11 place wickedness in Shinar, and is there any historical or textual indication this actually happened in postexilic times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_disasters_after_israel's_repentance.htm">(2 Chronicles 7:14) If God promised healing for a repentant nation, why did later disasters still befall Israel and Judah despite reported periods of repentance?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/zechariah/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I eat asunder mine other staff.</span> As the flock, by their contemptuous payment, showed their alienation from the Shepherd, so he now, by his symbolical action, shows his rejection of them, and his surrender of them to anarchy, confusion, and ruin. The breaking of the first staff indicated that God withdrew his defensive care; the breaking of the staff called "Bands" signifies the utter dissolution of all the bends that held the nation together, the civil and social disunion that paved the way for the victory of the Romans, and issued in the final disruption which sent the Jews wandering through the world. This in the vision is represented as the breaking of the brotherhood between Judah and Israel, the component parts of the nation. Thus was hinted the ultimate rejection of the Jews in consequence of their treatment of Christ, the good Shepherd, who came unto his own, and his own received him not (comp. <a href="/matthew/23-36.htm">Matthew 23:36-38</a>). This doom is declared more fully in the next section. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/zechariah/11-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then I cut in pieces</span><br /><span class="heb">וָֽאֶגְדַּע֙</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’eḡ·da‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fell a, tree, to destroy anything</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my second</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשֵּׁנִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Second (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">staff</span><br /><span class="heb">מַקְלִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(maq·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4731.htm">Strong's 4731: </a> </span><span class="str2">A shoot, stick</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[called] Union,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֹֽבְלִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥō·ḇə·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2256.htm">Strong's 2256: </a> </span><span class="str2">A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">breaking</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהָפֵר֙</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hā·p̄êr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6565.htm">Strong's 6565: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break up, to violate, frustrate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the brotherhood</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאַחֲוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’a·ḥă·wāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_264.htm">Strong's 264: </a> </span><span class="str2">Brotherhood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">between</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(bên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zechariah/11-14.htm">Zechariah 11:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/zechariah/11-14.htm">Zechariah 11:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/zechariah/11-14.htm">Zechariah 11:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/zechariah/11-14.htm">Zechariah 11:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/zechariah/11-14.htm">Zechariah 11:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/zechariah/11-14.htm">Zechariah 11:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zechariah/11-14.htm">Zechariah 11:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/zechariah/11-14.htm">Zechariah 11:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/zechariah/11-14.htm">Zechariah 11:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/zechariah/11-14.htm">Zechariah 11:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/zechariah/11-14.htm">OT Prophets: Zechariah 11:14 Then I cut apart my other staff (Zech. 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