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I took my staff Beauty, and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
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A Covenant of Protection Broken
Commentators explain that the breaking of the staff "Beauty" symbolized the end of God's special covenant of protection over Israel. This was not the primary covenant with Israel, but a divine restraint placed upon other nations to keep them from harming His people. By breaking this staff, God removed His protective hand, leaving the nation vulnerable to its enemies as a consequence of their disobedience.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
The great difficulty of this passage, which is metaphorical and symbolic throughout, is that hardly any clue to its interpretation is given to us. …
Baptist
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…