Zechariah 11:15

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

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

16For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat [sheep], and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they sea with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

Jeremiah 23:1Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

Ezekiel 13:3Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

Matthew 15:14Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

Luke 11:40Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?

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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