I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant, causing the stubborn and rebellious to be purged out. The image of passing under the rod evokes shepherd imagery and suggests individual examination and accounting. The purging of the stubborn and rebellious represents judgment that separates those unwilling to covenant from those prepared for renewed covenant. The wilderness becomes the location of covenant renewal.

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