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Zechariah 11:2 (BSB)
Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!
Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!
Zechariah 11:3 (BSB)
Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.
Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.
Zechariah 11:5 (BSB)
whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
Zechariah 11:6 (BSB)
For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”
For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”
Zechariah 11:7 (BSB)
So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
Zechariah 11:8 (BSB)
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
Zechariah 11:9 (BSB)
Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”
Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”
Zechariah 11:10 (BSB)
Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
Zechariah 11:11 (BSB)
It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
Zechariah 11:12 (BSB)
Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
Zechariah 11:13 (BSB)
And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
Zechariah 11:14 (BSB)
Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Zechariah 11:15 (BSB)
And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
Zechariah 11:16 (BSB)
For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.
For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.
Zechariah 11:17 (BSB)
Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
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