Zechariah 11:14 Meaning and Explanation
“Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The shepherd breaks the second staff, Bands, signifying the severing of the bond of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
What Does Zechariah 11:14 Mean?
The shepherd now breaks the second staff, Bands, which stood for union. Cutting it in two enacts the dissolving of the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. The two staffs together have pictured the loss of God's favor and the loss of His people's unity once the shepherd is rejected.
Where the bond with the shepherd is severed, the bonds among the people fray as well. Division follows the rejection of God's care, for what holds people together is finally their shared life under Him. The verse grieves over fractured fellowship and quietly points to the One who came to make the divided one again, gathering scattered sheep into a single flock.
Zechariah 11:14 in the Original Language
achavah (אַחֲוָה), 'brotherhood' -- kinship and fellowship, the tie that makes a people one.
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What does Zechariah 11:14 mean?
The shepherd breaks the second staff, Bands, signifying the severing of the bond of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.