The Meaning of Zechariah 11:14 Explained

Zechariah 11:14

KJV: Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

YLT: And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel.

Darby: And I cut asunder mine other staff, Bands, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

ASV: Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Zechariah 11:14?

MEANING: What does Zechariah 11:14 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Zechariah 11:14 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Zechariah 11:14?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then I cut asunder  mine other  staff,  [even] Bands,  that I might break  the brotherhood  between Judah  and Israel. 

What does Zechariah 11:14 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Zechariah then symbolically broke his second staff, "Union," indicating the end of the unity that bound the Jews together. Just before the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D70 the Jews broke up into parties that were very hostile to one another. This condition accelerated their destruction by the Romans. [1] Evidently fighting among the Jews will also be common in the Tribulation. The order of events is significant, and it was historical: the breaking of God"s favor on His people, their rejection of the Shepherd, and the breaking of their unity. [2] We know that this destruction would not be permanent, however, because of other promises that God would reunite and restore His people and that He would not cast them off permanently (e.g, Romans 11; et al.).
"Responsibility for human chaos lies squarely on human shoulders. God has offered men His shepherd, but they have rejected Him, to their own irreparable loss." [3]

Context Summary

Zechariah 11:1-17 - Beauty And Bands
The times were very dark when Zechariah felt called upon to act as shepherd to Jehovah's harried flock. Rulers and priests were actuated by selfish greed and mutual antagonism. Three shepherds had already failed. After a brief effort Zechariah renounced the attempt. He broke his staff of Beauty, or Grace, Zechariah 11:10, r.v. margin, as if God's tender love had withdrawn from its struggle with evil; and when he challenged the people to set a value on his services, they weighed him out thirty pieces of silver, the price of a slave. Thereupon he broke the other staff, disrupting the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. In the following paragraph, Zechariah 11:15-17, there is an evident reference to the terrible reign of Antiochus whose cruelties led to the heroic uprising of the Maccabees. Five centuries afterwards Jesus was sent to gather the flock with the same result, Matthew 27:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: Zechariah 11

1  The destruction of Jerusalem
3  The elect being cared for, the rest are rejected
10  The staves of Beauty and Bands broken by the rejection of Christ
15  The type and curse of a foolish shepherd

What do the individual words in Zechariah 11:14 mean?

And I cut in two - my staf second - Bonds that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel -
וָֽאֶגְדַּע֙ אֶת־ מַקְלִ֣י הַשֵּׁנִ֔י אֵ֖ת הַחֹֽבְלִ֑ים לְהָפֵר֙ הָֽאַחֲוָ֔ה בֵּ֥ין יְהוּדָ֖ה וּבֵ֥ין יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ס

וָֽאֶגְדַּע֙  And  I  cut  in  two 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: גָּדַע  
Sense: to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
מַקְלִ֣י  my  staf 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: מַקֵּל  
Sense: rod, staff.
הַשֵּׁנִ֔י  second 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שֵׁנִי  
Sense: second.
אֵ֖ת  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַחֹֽבְלִ֑ים  Bonds 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: חֶבֶל 
Sense: a cord, rope, territory, band, company.
לְהָפֵר֙  that  I  might  break 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: פָּרַר 
Sense: to break, frustrate.
הָֽאַחֲוָ֔ה  the  brotherhood 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַחֲוָה  
Sense: fraternity, brotherhood.
בֵּ֥ין  between 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
יְהוּדָ֖ה  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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