Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

我又折断称为“联索”的那根杖，表明我废弃犹大与以色列弟兄的情谊。

我又折断第二根杖，就是称为“联合”的那根杖，表明我废弃犹大与以色列弟兄间的情谊。

我又折断第二根杖，就是称为“联合”的那根杖，表明我废弃犹大与以色列弟兄间的情谊。

我又把那根叫“联合”的杖折断，以断开犹大和以色列之间的手足之情。

我又折断那称为“联合”的另一根杖，表示要废除犹大和以色列之间的手足之情。

我又折斷稱為「聯索」的那根杖，表明我廢棄猶大與以色列弟兄的情誼。

我又折斷第二根杖，就是稱為「聯合」的那根杖，表明我廢棄猶大與以色列弟兄間的情誼。

我又折斷第二根杖，就是稱為「聯合」的那根杖，表明我廢棄猶大與以色列弟兄間的情誼。

我又把那根叫「聯合」的杖折斷，以斷開猶大和以色列之間的手足之情。

我又折斷那稱為“聯合”的另一根杖，表示要廢除猶大和以色列之間的手足之情。

我又折斷我的第二根棍杖「聯繫和諧」，表示要廢棄猶大和以色列之間的弟兄情誼。

我又砍斷那稱為「聯合」的第二根杖，為要廢除猶大和以色列之間的兄弟之情。

其二維繫之杖、我亦折之、以絕猶大與以色列兄弟之誼、○

我又有杖、厥名維繫、我遂折之、為猶大以色列二族絕交之徵。

我之第二杖、稱維繫者、我遂折之、以示猶大與以色列兄弟之和好將廢、

Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.

Then I broke my second staff called Union. That broke the family connection between Judah and Israel.

Then I broke my second staff Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Then I took my other staff, Union, and cut it in two, showing that the bond of unity between Judah and Israel was broken.

Then I cut in pieces my second staff Union, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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

Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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

Then I cut the second staff“ Binders” in two in order to annul the covenant of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Manasseh eats Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh; together, both are against Judah. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth.

“ Son of man, take a single stick and write on it: Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him. Then take another stick and write on it: Belonging to Joseph— the stick of Ephraim— and all the house of Israel associated with him.Then join them together into a single stick so that they become one in your hand.When your people ask you,‘ Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these things?’—tell them,‘ This is what the Lord GOD says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick so that they become one in my hand.’“ When the sticks you have written on are in your hand and in full view of the people,

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions that wage war within you?You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war. You do not have because you do not ask.You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the oppressed of the flock. I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.

Then many will fall away, betray one another, and hate one another.

For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice.

Ephraim’s envy will cease; Judah’s harassing will end. Ephraim will no longer be envious of Judah, and Judah will not harass Ephraim.

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

Then I said,“ I will no longer shepherd you. Let what is dying die, and let what is perishing perish; let the rest devour each other’s flesh.”

When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, and neither angel nor spirit, but the Pharisees affirm them all.The shouting grew loud, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party got up and argued vehemently,“ We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”When the dispute became violent, the commander feared that Paul might be torn apart by them and ordered the troops to go down, take him away from them, and bring him into the barracks.