Bands

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

  1. of love (Hosea 11:4);
  2. of Christ (Psalm 2:3);
  3. uniting together Christ's body the church (Colossians 2:19; 3:14; Ephesians 4:3);
  4. the emblem of the captivity of Israel (Ezekiel 34:27; Isaiah 28:22; 52:2);
  5. of brotherhood (Ezekiel 37:15-28);
  6. no bands to the wicked in their death (Psalm 73:4; Job 21:7; Psalm 10:6). Also denotes chains (Luke 8:29); companies of soldiers (Acts 21:31); a shepherd's staff, indicating the union between Judah and Israel (Zechariah 11:7).
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