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Zechariah 11:14

12 Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.

13 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.

Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

15 And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

16 For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
KJV
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
WEB
Then I cut apart my other staff, Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
ASV
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
DARBY
And I cut asunder mine other staff, Bands, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
BLB
And I cut in two my second staff, Union, to break the brotherhood between Judah and between Israel.
ÅB
Så brøt jeg i stykker min andre stav bånd for å gjøre brorskapet mellom Juda og Israel til intet.
OTB
Så brøt jeg min andre stav kalt Enhet, og brøt brorskapet mellom Juda og Israel.
B1930
Så brøt jeg i stykker min andre stav bånd for å gjøre brorskapet mellem Juda og Israel til intet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • James 3:16

    For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.

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  • Isaiah 9:21

    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.

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  • James 3:14

    But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

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  • Ezekiel 37:16–20

    “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.’

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  • Acts 23:7–10

    As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

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  • Zechariah 11:7

    So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.

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  • Matthew 24:10

    At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

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  • Zechariah 11:9

    Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”

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