Then I cut in pieces my second staff Union, to break 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 two my second staff, Union, annulling 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 devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh, And together they are against Judah. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

“ Now you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it,‘ For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on it,‘ For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.’Then put them together for yourself one to another into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand.And when the sons of your people speak to you, saying,‘ Will you not declare to us what you mean by these?’say to them,‘ This is what the Lord God says:“ Behold, I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.” ’The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is the source not your pleasures that wage war in your body’s parts?You lust and do not have, so you commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.You ask and do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request on your pleasures.

So I pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, therefore also the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Favor, and the other I called Union; so I pastured the flock.

And at that time many will fall away, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.

Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, And those who harass Judah will be eliminated; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, And Judah will not harass Ephraim.

But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.

Then I said,“ I will not pasture you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to perish, let it perish; and let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.”

When he said this, a dissension occurred between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.And a great uproar occurred; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and started arguing heatedly, saying,“ We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”And when a great dissension occurred, the commander was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, and he ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.