Zechariah 11:7
So I fed the flock of slaughter, truly the poor of the flock. And I took to me two staves, the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands, and I fed the flock.
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Leviticus 27:32And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to LORD.
1 Samuel 17:43And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that thou come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!
Isaiah 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those who have their young.
Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, Surely these are poor, they are foolish, for they know not the way of LORD, nor the law of their God.
Micah 7:14Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell solitarily in the forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 11:5-15
Judgments Predicted and Typified. ( b. c. 510.) 4 Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord ; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord : but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not… Read the whole commentary →