Then I cutin piecesmy secondstaffUnion,to breakthe brotherhoodbetweenJudahand Israel.
Then the jealousyof Ephraimwill depart,And those who harassJudahwill be cutoff;Ephraimwill not be jealousof Judah,And Judahwill not harassEphraim.
Manasseh[devours] Ephraim,and EphraimManasseh,[And] togetherthey are againstJudah.In [spite of] allthis,His angerdoes not turnawayAnd His handis stillstretchedout.
and I will makethem onenationin the land,on the mountainsof Israel;and onekingwill be kingfor allof them; and they will nolongerbe twonationsand nolongerbe dividedinto twokingdoms.
"For I will nolongerhavepityon the inhabitantsof the land,"declaresthe LORD;"but behold,I will cause the mento fall,eachinto another'spowerand into the powerof his king;and they will strikethe land,and I will not deliver[them] from their power."
So I pasturedthe flock[doomed] to slaughter,hencethe afflictedof the flock.And I tookfor myself twostaffs:the oneI calledFavorand the otherI calledUnion;so I pasturedthe flock.
Then I said,"I will not pastureyou. What is to die,let it die,and what is to be annihilated,let it be annihilated;and let those who are lefteatoneanother'sflesh."
"At that timemanywill fall awayand will betrayoneanotherand hateone another.
"Ifa kingdomis dividedagainstitself,that kingdomcannotstand.
But ifyou biteand devouroneanother,take carethat you are not consumedby one another.
But ifyou havebitterjealousyand selfish ambitionin your heart,do not be arrogantand [so] lieagainstthe truth.
For wherejealousyand selfish ambitionexist, thereis disorderand everyevilthing.
