Zechariah 11:14 Cross References

Zechariah 11:14

14: Then I broke my other staff, Union, to show that the bond of unity between Judah and Israel was broken.

Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, Ephraim will feed on Manasseh, and both will devour Judah. But even then the LORD's anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.

"Son of man, take a stick and carve on it these words: `This stick represents Judah and its allied tribes.' Then take another stick and carve these words on it: `This stick represents the northern tribes of Israel.'
Now hold them together in your hand as one stick.
When your people ask you what your actions mean,
say to them, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take the northern tribes and join them to Judah. I will make them one stick in my hand.'
Then hold out the sticks you have inscribed, so the people can see them.

So I cared for the flock intended for slaughter--the flock that was oppressed. Then I took two shepherd's staffs and named one Favor and the other Union.

But if instead of showing love among yourselves you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.

But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your hearts, don't brag about being wise. That is the worst kind of lie.

What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Isn't it the whole army of evil desires at war within you?
You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous for what others have, and you can't possess it, so you fight and quarrel to take it away from them. And yet the reason you don't have what you want is that you don't ask God for it.
And even when you do ask, you don't get it because your whole motive is wrong--you want only what will give you pleasure.

This divided the council--the Pharisees against the Sadducees--
for the Sadducees say there is no resurrection or angels or spirits, but the Pharisees believe in all of these.
So a great clamor arose. Some of the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees jumped up to argue that Paul was all right. "We see nothing wrong with him," they shouted. "Perhaps a spirit or an angel spoke to him."
The shouting grew louder and louder, and the men were tugging at Paul from both sides, pulling him this way and that. Finally, the commander, fearing they would tear him apart, ordered his soldiers to take him away from them and bring him back to the fortress.

For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and every kind of evil.

So I told them, "I won't be your shepherd any longer. If you die, you die. If you are killed, you are killed. And those who remain will devour each other!"

Then at last the jealousy between Israel and Judah will end. They will not fight against each other anymore.

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