Zechariah 11:15

And the Lord said to me: Take to thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 off my second rod that was called a Cord, that I might break the brotherhood between Juda and Israel.

16For behold I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish that which standeth, and he shall eat the flesh of the fat ones, and break their hoofs.

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Cross References

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

Jeremiah 23:1Woe to the pastors, that destroy and tear the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 13:3Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets that follow their own spirit, and see nothing.

Matthew 15:14Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.

Luke 11:40Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without, make also that which is within?

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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