Zechariah 11:15

And the Lord said to me: Still they are to you the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

In Context

14And I cut short my second staff, which was called Rope, so that I might dissolve the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

16For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish what remains standing, and he will consume the flesh of the fatted ones and break their hoofs.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:10Blind the heart of this people. Make their ears heavy and close their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and then I would heal them.”

Jeremiah 23:1“Woe to the shepherds who scatter and tear apart the sheep of my pasture, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 13:3Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets, who are following their own spirit, and who see nothing.

Matthew 15:14Leave them alone. They are blind, and they lead the blind. But if the blind are in charge of the blind, both will fall into the pit.”

Luke 11:40Fools! Did not he who made what is outside, indeed also make what is inside?

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 →

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