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Then I cut apart my other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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The Cost of Rejecting the Shepherd
Commentators unanimously agree that the breaking of the second staff, "Bands," symbolizes the destruction of national and social unity among the Jewish people. This is presented as a direct consequence of their rejection of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. Scholars frequently point to the horrific civil war and infighting during the Roman siege of Jerusalem as a tragic historical fulfillment of this prophecy.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And I cut asunder mine other staff, Bands, to dissolve the brotherhood between Judah and Israel - Until now prophecy had spoken of …
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
All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
Why these chapters were divided here, I cannot imagine, fo…
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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