And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder — He did not chasten His people as He had previously, while still retaining His rela…

The great difficulty of this passage, which is metaphorical and symbolic throughout, is that hardly any clue to its interpretation is given to us. …

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 on…

And I took my staff, [even] Beauty, and cut it asunder ,
&c.] Signifying that he dropped his pastoral care of them: …

Christ came into this world for judgment on the Jewish church and nation, which were wretchedly corrupt and degenerate. Those who do wrong and just…