And I cut asunder mine other staff, Bands, to dissolve the brotherhood between Judah and Israel - Until now prophecy had spoken of …

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

They became a scattered people from then on.

The extreme vengeance of God in scattering His people is set before us here, so that there would no longer be any union between the children of Abr…

Then I cut asunder mine other staff, [even] Bands
By which is meant, either the removal of the form of civil governm…

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…